Condition Rarities That Are Only Melt Value In Low Grades
collegecoincollector
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Let's see if we can name a few:
I'll start....
The 1945 (P) Mercury Dime. Low grade and its only melt, high grade with full bands and its a major condition rarity.
Can be as a variety OR a date.
I'll start....
The 1945 (P) Mercury Dime. Low grade and its only melt, high grade with full bands and its a major condition rarity.
Can be as a variety OR a date.
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just the opposite in high MS grades.
bob
Among Indian quarter eagles, the 1914 plain is the distant second key after the killer 1911-D. In circulated grades even up to AU, though, it costs the same as a generic. It's at MS62 that it starts rising, and by MS64, you're looking at the price and then at the blank spot in your collection where the 1911-D goes, instead. (or the house payment for the next two months)
<< <i>Every modern. >>
Agree. In a PCGS MS70 it's worth a premium---sometimes a huge premium. The same coin raw is worth face value or melt with some exceptions for special issues like the MMIX UHR Saint.
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Lance.
<< <i>Every modern. >>
<< <i>Every modern. >>
Technically this isn't really true but there are so few absolutes that are.
It will really hurt if your $2700 '71 Ike gets run over by a car but it will still
be worth about eight times face.
More importantly though is that there are plenty of moderns that don't
even exist in unc much less very high grade that still have very substantial
value. The '76-D DDO quarter is worth over $1000 in AU for instance. It
might be outside trhe parameters of the question but a 1983-P quarter
has a substantial value in high grade but is still worth $25 in unc.
...Just another perspective.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
Eliasberg's 1894-s $5 Lib in MS69 has sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past. In low grade it's worth no more than any other circ $5 Lib with motto, and not much more than melt.
roadrunner
<< <i>84-S Morgan, 80-O Morgan, 01-P Morgan >>
How about the 86-O in MS65?
Or the 1932-D quarter in MS65?
JT
I collect all 20th century series except gold including those series that ended there.
<< <i>Or the 1932-D quarter in MS65? >>
Certainly a scarce and valuable coin in MS65, however, I think one of the ground rules was that the coin be worth melt in low grade....
I believe this coin in AG is still worth $50 or so. But if anyone is offering any low grade 32D's at melt, I'm a buyer! I think the 36-D washie is a good example of what the OP is requesting, though.