What Do You Consider "low Mintage"?

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DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 09/01/2020 10:24 pm Quote: I analyzed circulation mintages from 1950 - 2017 Why then are coins like 1998 25c listed when none were minted for circulation and 1992 25c listed with a fairly large mintage of about 120 million? I didn't bother to look any further there is something flawed with your analysis. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 09/01/2020 10:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5589 Posts	Posted 09/02/2020 06:19 am I apologize for coming out being a little terse.... it wasn't meant to be derogatory in any way. I agree that, as a mathematical exercise, it was very well done. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 09/02/2020 1:15 pm The thing is, low mintage numbers don't necessarily equate to what is actually harder to find. Here are a couple observations of my own (using post-1952 coins), which factor in condition, because honestly, grade-rarities probably trump low mintage values (kay date rarities are not included in this list): - 1953 SF 1-cent in mint state red (95% red or better) - 1985 to 1991 mint state 1-cent without those dang 'water spots' - 1964 5-cent in gem grades - 1985 25c in gem grades - 1953 LD NSF 50c in MS-64+ - 1968 50c in gem grades - 1985 50c in gem grades - 1956 silver dollar in grades MS-64+ - 1972 nickel dollar in choice grades - 1979 nickel dollar in choice grades - 1985 nickel dollar in choice grades - colourized anything in modern coinage is tougher to find in gem grades, due to the extra handling after the strike, especially the newer colourized $2 coins. None of these are "rare". An example of a "rare" modern coin would be the 1954 NSF 5-cent. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
bosox Pillar of the Community United States 1352 Posts	Posted 09/02/2020 1:43 pm I understand the topic here is modern, condition rare coins, but the really tough ones are Victorian. The Victorian series has many absolute rarities (I just published a book full of them) and also many condition rare coins. Also, the Edward series has several issues that are extraordinarily rare in high grade. Don't even get me started about condition rare Newfoundland coins. http://www.victoriancent.com 2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA. Report this Post to the Staff
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