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Russian Federation
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A simple, VF-ish (not graded, except mentally by me, but in a 2x2) 1841 large cent (mintage just under 1.6 million) I bought for just over $30 in an antique shop (it was right there on the main shelf, among a bunch of $20 Mercury dimes... I discussed whether I should buy it or not for three months but it still remained; as for the dimes, they were still there last time I checked, well over a year later - in fact there were hardly any visible changes on the main shelf at all). I have some rarer world coins in terms of mintage, the rarest having 30 thousand; however, I have suspicions that there are less surviving 1841 cents than that (anyone has a decent estimate?), while most of these "rarer" coins are recent commems and likely have survival rates approaching 100% (i.e. most of the mintage is still around). |
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Moe, such a wonderful seated half! Are you talking about your 1869 Proof Half Dollar? Now, THAT'S  And SmallEagle's gold Half Eagle is GORGEOUS! Edited by Moe145
08/24/2012 6:10 pm
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United States
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I don't collect proofs myself, but that 1869 makes me think about getting at least one proof seated.
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Canada
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I have been looking at buying a Seated Liberty Proof lately (Most likely a quarter). Beautiful coins.
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United States
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As Homer Simpson would say:
ARGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Drooling is not enough, Small Eagle, hyper ventilating more accurately
describes my response. TOO beautiful for words.
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United States
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I'd have to go with my 1864 Small Motto proof Two Cent Piece. Mintage is estimated at 100. Myron Kliman in his book The Two Cent Piece And Varieties estimates a proof survival rate of 62 1/2 %. There are currently 20 known Small Motto proof coins from 1864, that would leave approximately 43 large motto proofs. |
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Canada
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As Homer Simpson would say:
ARGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Wouldn't he say D'oh? |
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United States
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Thanks everyone :) I'll have to take a picture of my R6 1808/7 $5 in AU58 (20-30 exist) at some point as well. Early gold is definitely my favorite!
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Valued Member
United States
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Mine is probably an 1865 3-cent piece. I'm new to collecting, so I am not sure if it's rarer than my others...
P.S.- First post on CoinCommunity!
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Canada
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United States
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that proof seated liberty is sexy!!!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have some rarer world coins in terms of mintage, the rarest having 30 thousand; however, I have suspicions that there are less surviving 1841 cents than that (anyone has a decent estimate?) In the March 2006 Penny-Wise Dennis Fuoss did some good work on estimating large cent survivorship using a couple of different methods and came up with a survival rate of the 1840's cents of between .56 and .74% so for 1841 between 8,945 and 11,820 pieces. |
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Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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United States
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My rarest is a 200-S proof Jefferson nickel. Only 3,184,606 were minted according to the Red Book. I got it from coin roll hunting last month.  I have a few classics, but they're relatively common, at least when compared with some of the ones you guys have. |
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