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Greatest and Least value spread on US coins

ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,421 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Ive been wondering which particular US coin, either common or rare, has the greatest spread between lowest grade examples and the top pop coins.

Greatest:


Lincolns, maybe the 1926-S?

Morgans..........not familiar enough with the series but I know there are a lot.




Least?

Maybe Roosevelt Dimes?

thoughts?

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    swhuckswhuck Posts: 546 ✭✭✭
    1881-CC, 1885-CC, and 1903-O dollars are little different between poor and MS65, although top pops of anything are going to cost.

    Technically, modern bullion coins would probably be candidates as well. They're all top pops, and they're all worth at least bullion.
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    DeepCoinDeepCoin Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭
    I would think the 1916 SLQ would be in the running as the low grades are a substantial percentage of the top grades. The biggest percentage spread has to be a modern circulated cent versus a low population pop top coin.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,592 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Least---1950-D nickels.

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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If the spread is simple math (the difference arrived at by subtraction) then the '14-D is probably the right Lincoln.

    But I think the more interesting perspective is multiplication where the '26-S wins.
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    VAMSKYVAMSKY Posts: 178
    My Morgan vote would go to the 84-S. From the PCGS price guide G-4 $22, MS-65 $275K. Top pop MS-67 is a cool half million.
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    rld14rld14 Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭
    Biggest spread... hmm... there's a few Morgans that are like this, the 84-S comes to mind.

    Also the 27-S SLQ gets very expensive very quickly.
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    chucknrachucknra Posts: 310
    If we're looking at pure math, the 1892 S Morgan in G4 is $20 and in MS 68 is $550,000 or in other words, the MS 68 is 27,500 times more expensive than in G4.
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    DeepCoinDeepCoin Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭
    A 2008-D in Lincoln cent MS68 is listed as $1,150 in the PCGS price guide. That is 115,000 times more than a 2008-D in G-4 ($ 0.01).
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    chucknrachucknra Posts: 310


    << <i>A 2008-D in Lincoln cent MS68 is listed as $1,150 in the PCGS price guide. That is 115,000 times more than a 2008-D in G-4 ($ 0.01). >>



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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,592 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lowest value spread---UHR gold and other high denomination moderns with high MS/PF70 pops.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,866 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Gray Sheet spread on the 1892-S silver dollar goes from $17.75 in VG to $325,000 in MS-67. image
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    << <i>A 2003 Lincoln Cent sold for $15K on TT a few years ago. >>



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