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Which series are the hardest to find?

BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,356 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Putting aside coins pre-Seated period and the dollar denominations which are all obviously extremely rare to find, how would you rank the coins in order of hardest to easiest to find?

The Contestants:
Seated Half
Seated Quarter
Seated Dime
Seated Half Dime
Barber half
Barber quarter
Barber dime
Walking lib half
Franklin half
Standing Lib quarter
Washington quarter
Merc dime
Roosie dime

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  • Early_Milled_Latin_America Early_Milled_Latin_America Posts: 6,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 18, 2025 4:49PM

    Would it not depend on what mint they were minted? I would think some mints would be much tougher due to lower mintages. Just a guess I would imagine lower denominations lay around much more than say half dollars.

    Or maybe you just mean in general.

  • Bayard1908Bayard1908 Posts: 4,087 ✭✭✭✭

    Franklin half is tougher than any of those halves, other than Seated.
    Barber quarter is the toughest Barber coin.
    Seated dime is more common than Seated half dime and all other Seated denominations.

  • BlakeWestBlakeWest Posts: 1 ✭

    Great list! I'd say rarity climbs with age and denomination.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The older quarters seems to be the most elusive to me in finding, right place right time, fwiw

  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For me, Franklin, Barber, and Seated halves and Seated quarters all represent empty blanks on my finds list.

    Got Crust....y gold?
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,356 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CharlotteDude said:
    For me, Franklin, Barber, and Seated halves and Seated quarters all represent empty blanks on my finds list.

    Aq it’s funny, I found both a barber half and a seated quarter, but I’ve never found a Washington quarter.

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  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Boosibri said:

    @CharlotteDude said:
    For me, Franklin, Barber, and Seated halves and Seated quarters all represent empty blanks on my finds list.

    Aq it’s funny, I found both a barber half and a seated quarter, but I’ve never found a Washington quarter.

    But have you found a Frankie?? At this point, I feel like I’ll find half a dozen barber halves before I find one Frankie.

    Got Crust....y gold?
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,356 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CharlotteDude said:

    @Boosibri said:

    @CharlotteDude said:
    For me, Franklin, Barber, and Seated halves and Seated quarters all represent empty blanks on my finds list.

    Aq it’s funny, I found both a barber half and a seated quarter, but I’ve never found a Washington quarter.

    But have you found a Frankie?? At this point, I feel like I’ll find half a dozen barber halves before I find one Frankie.

    Nope. They hardly circulated I would guess

    Latin American Collection

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