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Re: Name a Coin that doesn't get enough love
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Re: Name a Coin that doesn't get enough love
Complete agreement with Perry Hall. Period 1 did indeed circulate and I have multiple 53, 55 & 58 examples as well as a single VF35 and a single XF40 (both period 1 dollars). There is also great bang for the buck with many rarities and very small populations extant. PCGS Coin facts and excellent reference materials are… -
Re: Name a Coin that doesn't get enough love
The 2017-S US Mint 225th Anniversary Enhanced Uncirculated Set. Still available for under $30. Mintage of 211 thousand. Lowest mintage Lincoln Shield cent (less than half the mintage of the 1909-S VDB). Lowest mintage modern obverse Jefferson nickel (less than 1/10 the mintage of the 1950-D). Lowest mintage ATB quarters. -
Re: Name a Coin that doesn't get enough love
There are a lot of great moderns that get no respect. The most dramatic in my experience is the '84-(P) cent. Here's a coin collected by millions but I've seen a grand total of 1 nice Gem with pleasing surfaces in 30 years of searching. I've looked at many many BU rolls and significant numbers of mint sets. Roll coins have… -
Re: Name a Coin that doesn't get enough love
I doubt it, but even if so, you're making an irrelevant comparison. Typical of those you make regularly. Comparing a die variety (82-P NM dime) to a generic date/MM combination. It's not even close to scarce. It's an R-1 with 1250+ MS just in the current TPG data, by a multiple. Anyone can buy this coin in better MS in… -
Re: Name a Coin that doesn't get enough love
From what I've read, the Period 1 California Fractional Gold Coins (1852-1856) circulated briefly as money due to the coin shortage in the San Francisco area at that time and many were quickly pulled from circulation and saved as novelties and souvenirs. Many of the Period 1 coins show signs of brief circulation and grade…
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