No mintage records for any of them are known to exist, or even if they were ever recorded (but surely they were?) .
The world's perhaps leading expert on the "Palm" variety estimates no more than 570 still exist for all three dates combined.
My analysis of self-collected auction results suggests a similar total for all of the other dates combined.
PCGS' list of my set coins, BTW, is wrong. The first one is not a 2/3 Ryal; they are all full Ryals. And I can't get anyone at PCGS to listen to me to get it fixed.
Just a straight forward 1885 proof Seated half --- with only 2 known. This piece and one in the Smithsonian.
J1746 - struck in Aluminum; PCGS 64+Cam.
This piece is traced back to the the Peter Gschwend sale (Thomas Elder, 6/1908), lot Z & Virgil Brand (Journal #44170)/Armin Brand; I find it interesting that the plate back in the 1908 Catalog clearly shows the milky spots as seen in photos today.
Really interesting thread and some great and unusual rarities.
Like @retirednow I was surprised not to see more patterns so far.
The 1815/2 Capped Bust Half Dollar has a mintage of 47,150, which is the lowest mintage that I currently own. Only one set of Dies were used to strike this date, and mine was struck from the later of the two states, with some interesting reverse die cracks.
While speculation on my part, yet based on everything I have read so far, I would expect the surviving population in all grades to be less than 1,500. PCGS Coinfacts estimates only 800.
Problem-free examples graded EF45 or greater probably number less than 150. Mine is graded AU53, and PCGS shows 67 finer, but many certificates remain duplicate (including mine).
My favorite for the date is probably the superlative Chapman-Clapp example in P64+, although the finest-known Kaufman-Link example in P66, and runner-up Dunham-Hawn-Pogue example in P65 are both drool worthy.
Mine isn't in that realm, but I just recently acquired her, and am thrilled to have made her a home here.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Here's my 1860 J-267 transitional half dime, PCGS MS63. Mintage = 100 pieces. Bought it raw out of an old Wayte Raymond album back in 2006 and sent it in myself. This coin is the infamous "coin without a country" that does not say United States on either side, and it has been listed in the Red Book for many years. Unc. examples of this coin can still be purchased for under $5,000, though it is too esoteric for some peoples' tastes.
My lowest mintage regular issue is an 1806/4 Draped Bust quarter eagle, with 1136 minted and 72 estimated to exist (both numbers no doubt are approximate):
This is pretty typical for Draped Bust quarter eagles, since none of them are plentiful, and I think only about 1000 exist for the whole series.
My rarest regular issue is an 1839 Type of 1840 Eagle, with 12,447 minted and 50-60 estimated to exist:
My rarest "weird" issue is an 1839 Small Letters Half (GR-1), with unknown mintage and about a dozen known:
Mine is one of the least impressive of the known pieces since it has been cleaned and then re-darkened, and is listed as having filed rims. Coinfacts gives an estimated survival of 50 pieces, but that seems like wishful thinking.
Mintage of 2. Struck by Longacre for his own collection and both included in his estate. The other ended up with Farouk and is now in an UNC Details holder.
@OnlyGoldIsMoney said:
Not my lowest mintage $2.50, that being my 1881 at 640, but 40 1866 $2.50's are estimated to survive out of an original mintage of 3,080..
My runner up is the 1842 $2.50. I own 2 of the estimated 55 surviving examples from the original mintage of 2,823.
I love this group of 2 1/2s! I collect $5, but would love to branch out and acquire these rare UNDERVALUED dates. These are each very nice for the grade!
1847-O $5. Mintage 12,000. EST survival 50. Not a single example has emerged from Fairmont yet as far as I’m aware.
Incredible group of rare $5s! All very undervalued. When you sell these some day, collectors will be climbing over each other to buy these! Rare undervalued with CAC is unbeatable.
@brianc1959 said:
My lowest mintage regular issue is an 1806/4 Draped Bust quarter eagle, with 1136 minted and 72 estimated to exist (both numbers no doubt are approximate):
This is pretty typical for Draped Bust quarter eagles, since none of them are plentiful, and I think only about 1000 exist for the whole series.
My rarest regular issue is an 1839 Type of 1840 Eagle, with 12,447 minted and 50-60 estimated to exist:
My rarest "weird" issue is an 1839 Small Letters Half (GR-1), with unknown mintage and about a dozen known:
Mine is one of the least impressive of the known pieces since it has been cleaned and then re-darkened, and is listed as having filed rims. Coinfacts gives an estimated survival of 50 pieces, but that seems like wishful thinking.
I had no idea an 1839 half like that existed! Bust obv, Seated Reverse. Whoosh!!!!!
Neat gold coins as well!!
@rhedden said:
Here's my 1860 J-267 transitional half dime, PCGS MS63. Mintage = 100 pieces. Bought it raw out of an old Wayte Raymond album back in 2006 and sent it in myself. This coin is the infamous "coin without a country" that does not say United States on either side, and it has been listed in the Red Book for many years. Unc. examples of this coin can still be purchased for under $5,000, though it is too esoteric for some peoples' tastes.
My lowest mintage coin is an 1888 proof half dollar with 832 minted. About 550 are believed to exist
Of coins struck for circulation, my 1882 half has a mintage of 4400 of which 500-700 are thought to exist.
1878-S half. Mintage is 12,000. Only 53-54 are known.
Another surfaced this past August in a group of 3-4 low grade SLH offered on eBay. The seller didn't know what they had, but one could see the die mark on the reverse shield of a real 78-S. Bidding ran up to $9K before the seller pulled the auction.
Here’s bad phone pics of my 600 mintage proof 3CN.
No clue on the estimated survivors. I’d guess a lot of them. I think PCGS has certified around 180 of them.
I previously shared in this posting my 1885 Liberty Seated Halve ,,, after seeing all the gold pieces above this might be a good time to share a 3$ Gold piece - but struck in silver. an 1867 G3$ PR61 Judd- 598. Reported to be one of the two examples known in silver, with the other being the Byron Reed coin in the Durham Museum.
Priors owners are noted to be Woodin-Newcomer-Farouk-DiBello-Sieck and HARRY BASS ( from the recent Heritage auction).
It is interesting to note that the dies match those of the 1867 circulation strikes, not the dies use on the 1867 proofs - noted by the reverse position of the date and the spacing at the tips of the wreath.
1795 S-76a large cent, it's in toasty condition but still a rare coin.
PCGS says 37,000 minted and 500 survivors for the whole type. I’ve heard that the 76a is a tougher variety, so this one might be a tad rarer. If any copper experts could fill me in, that would be great.
Type collector, mainly into Seated. Young Numismatist. Good BST transactions with: mirabela, OKCC, MICHAELDIXON
@Barberian said:
My lowest mintage coin is an 1888 proof half dollar with 832 minted. About 550 are believed to exist
Of coins struck for circulation, my 1882 half has a mintage of 4400 of which 500-700 are thought to exist.
1878-S half. Mintage is 12,000. Only 53-54 are known.
Another surfaced this past August in a group of 3-4 low grade SLH offered on eBay. The seller didn't know what they had, but one could see the die mark on the reverse shield of a real 78-S. Bidding ran up to $9K before the seller pulled the auction.
King of the regular issue Seated coins!!! Great examples!
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1873 CC Small CC WB-3. PCGS has a pop 1.
I always liked a half cent 🙂
See my Registry set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/europe/scotland/scotland-ryal-circulation-strikes-1565-1571/alltimeset/68805
No mintage records for any of them are known to exist, or even if they were ever recorded (but surely they were?) .
The world's perhaps leading expert on the "Palm" variety estimates no more than 570 still exist for all three dates combined.
My analysis of self-collected auction results suggests a similar total for all of the other dates combined.
PCGS' list of my set coins, BTW, is wrong. The first one is not a 2/3 Ryal; they are all full Ryals. And I can't get anyone at PCGS to listen to me to get it fixed.
Everything is worn; but, you can't miss that date!
Everything is worn; but, you can't miss that date!
Great looking design ... gee it took only 50 or so posts (besides the transitional piece above) before I saw a pattern in this post
Not my lowest mintage $2.50, that being my 1881 at 640, but 40 1866 $2.50's are estimated to survive out of an original mintage of 3,080..
My runner up is the 1842 $2.50. I own 2 of the estimated 55 surviving examples from the original mintage of 2,823.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
Lowest mintage for a standard business strike: 3,533 survival est on coin facts, 140.
My guess realistically probably 250 to 300 survivors…
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Such a wholesome 1842-o $5!!!!
1842 $5 Large Letters Mintage about 9K, under 50 known
1869 $5 Mintage 1760, 55 known
1872 $5 Mintage 1660, 50 known
Philly $5 Lib- the road less traveled.
Just a straight forward 1885 proof Seated half --- with only 2 known. This piece and one in the Smithsonian.
J1746 - struck in Aluminum; PCGS 64+Cam.
This piece is traced back to the the Peter Gschwend sale (Thomas Elder, 6/1908), lot Z & Virgil Brand (Journal #44170)/Armin Brand; I find it interesting that the plate back in the 1908 Catalog clearly shows the milky spots as seen in photos today.
Really interesting thread and some great and unusual rarities.
Like @retirednow I was surprised not to see more patterns so far.
The 1815/2 Capped Bust Half Dollar has a mintage of 47,150, which is the lowest mintage that I currently own. Only one set of Dies were used to strike this date, and mine was struck from the later of the two states, with some interesting reverse die cracks.
While speculation on my part, yet based on everything I have read so far, I would expect the surviving population in all grades to be less than 1,500. PCGS Coinfacts estimates only 800.
Problem-free examples graded EF45 or greater probably number less than 150. Mine is graded AU53, and PCGS shows 67 finer, but many certificates remain duplicate (including mine).
My favorite for the date is probably the superlative Chapman-Clapp example in P64+, although the finest-known Kaufman-Link example in P66, and runner-up Dunham-Hawn-Pogue example in P65 are both drool worthy.
Mine isn't in that realm, but I just recently acquired her, and am thrilled to have made her a home here.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Here's my 1860 J-267 transitional half dime, PCGS MS63. Mintage = 100 pieces. Bought it raw out of an old Wayte Raymond album back in 2006 and sent it in myself. This coin is the infamous "coin without a country" that does not say United States on either side, and it has been listed in the Red Book for many years. Unc. examples of this coin can still be purchased for under $5,000, though it is too esoteric for some peoples' tastes.
My lowest mintage regular issue is an 1806/4 Draped Bust quarter eagle, with 1136 minted and 72 estimated to exist (both numbers no doubt are approximate):
This is pretty typical for Draped Bust quarter eagles, since none of them are plentiful, and I think only about 1000 exist for the whole series.
My rarest regular issue is an 1839 Type of 1840 Eagle, with 12,447 minted and 50-60 estimated to exist:
My rarest "weird" issue is an 1839 Small Letters Half (GR-1), with unknown mintage and about a dozen known:
Mine is one of the least impressive of the known pieces since it has been cleaned and then re-darkened, and is listed as having filed rims. Coinfacts gives an estimated survival of 50 pieces, but that seems like wishful thinking.
Mintage of 2. Struck by Longacre for his own collection and both included in his estate. The other ended up with Farouk and is now in an UNC Details holder.
Latin American Collection
1861-C HE / Mintage: 6751. Est survival : 300
1799 HE/Large Reverse Stars / Mintage: 7451. Est survival; 55
1846-C HE / Mintage: 12,995. Est survival: 300 (which seems to me to be an arbitrarily inflated number)
1876 $5. Mintage 1,432. Estimated survival 45.
1866 $5 w/motto. Mintage 6,700. Est survival 65.
1847-O $5. Mintage 12,000. EST survival 50. Not a single example has emerged from Fairmont yet as far as I’m aware.
I love this group of 2 1/2s! I collect $5, but would love to branch out and acquire these rare UNDERVALUED dates. These are each very nice for the grade!
Incredible group of rare $5s! All very undervalued. When you sell these some day, collectors will be climbing over each other to buy these! Rare undervalued with CAC is unbeatable.
I had no idea an 1839 half like that existed! Bust obv, Seated Reverse. Whoosh!!!!!
Neat gold coins as well!!
Just beautiful!
Love it!
1797 quarter eagles have an estimated mintage of 427 coins with a survival rate of approximately 25 coins. This one is a VF 35 with CAC approval.
What no 16/16 Buffs??
My lowest mintage coin is an 1888 proof half dollar with 832 minted. About 550 are believed to exist
Of coins struck for circulation, my 1882 half has a mintage of 4400 of which 500-700 are thought to exist.
1878-S half. Mintage is 12,000. Only 53-54 are known.
Another surfaced this past August in a group of 3-4 low grade SLH offered on eBay. The seller didn't know what they had, but one could see the die mark on the reverse shield of a real 78-S. Bidding ran up to $9K before the seller pulled the auction.
Here’s bad phone pics of my 600 mintage proof 3CN.
No clue on the estimated survivors. I’d guess a lot of them. I think PCGS has certified around 180 of them.
1872 $5, mintage 1660, PCGS CoinFacts estimated survival in all grades 50
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
I previously shared in this posting my 1885 Liberty Seated Halve ,,, after seeing all the gold pieces above this might be a good time to share a 3$ Gold piece - but struck in silver. an 1867 G3$ PR61 Judd- 598. Reported to be one of the two examples known in silver, with the other being the Byron Reed coin in the Durham Museum.
Priors owners are noted to be Woodin-Newcomer-Farouk-DiBello-Sieck and HARRY BASS ( from the recent Heritage auction).
It is interesting to note that the dies match those of the 1867 circulation strikes, not the dies use on the 1867 proofs - noted by the reverse position of the date and the spacing at the tips of the wreath.
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1795 S-76a large cent, it's in toasty condition but still a rare coin.
PCGS says 37,000 minted and 500 survivors for the whole type. I’ve heard that the 76a is a tougher variety, so this one might be a tad rarer. If any copper experts could fill me in, that would be great.
Type collector, mainly into Seated. Young Numismatist. Good BST transactions with: mirabela, OKCC, MICHAELDIXON
King of the regular issue Seated coins!!! Great examples!