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For this thread, I'm referring to only MAJOR die varieties (such as 1864 2˘ Large vs. Small motto but not varieties such as VAM's), Proofs are inclusive, and not commemoratives (i.e. must be a regular issue type series). And, the coins must have been minted for use in the United States. And, it's totally legit to note if you feel/know that the surviving number of your issue makes it rare, regardless of mintage figure (say for instance if you show us your 1895 Morgan dollar in business strike!  ). Here's mine... 1864 3CS Proof (Mintage: 470)  My rarest business strike is (and apologies for not the greatest photos, they need an update)... 1883 3CN (Mintage: 4,000)  Edited by Prethen
06/12/2015 10:31 am
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I dont have any rare classic coins, just common ones. I do have a few modern "rare" coins though. Also, those are some REALLY nice coins!
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Unfortunately I am in the same boat as CotW. Nothing exceptionally rare just common. Foreign, though I have a Netherlands Antilles Gulden with a mintage of 50,000 :P
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 I do have an 1803 Large Cent, witch has a mintage of only 3.1 Million!   Not really that rare though. Edited by ChildOfTheWheat
06/12/2015 11:48 am
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I like rare coins, but everything I have would only qualify as rare-ish. 1846 Half Dime, 1874-S half eagle, early S quarters. Here's the 1861-S:   "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1885 3 cent piece business strike, mintage 1,000.
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I don't have anything under 1,000,0000 mintage.
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I've got four US coins with mintages of under a million - 1806 Half Cent, 1892S Barber quarter, 1893CC and 1895O Morgan dollars. This is the first one I got, and it was the cheapest by far - I found it in an English dealer's junk box several years ago and I think I only paid about face value for it!  Edited by NumisRob
06/12/2015 1:03 pm
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I have several Half Cents that are relatively rare, 1909-S Indian Head, and several rare die varieties of large cents. My rarest as far as mintage is probably my 1834 Half Cent at a little over 141,000.   Edited by Celticsoul
06/12/2015 1:37 pm
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I have a number of U.S coins in my collection for which the number of examples extant is estimated at below 350. In the case of large cents varieties in some case below 40-50 pieces. The scarcest, excluding large cents varieties, would be this 1872 CC Seated quarter with a mintage of 22,850 and an estimated extant population of 120 pieces.   |
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For world coins, the lowest mintage coin I have is my 1941 Fiji Florin, with a mintage of 20,000. Cost me $4 at a swap meet. As for USA coinage, I have a G04 1932-D Washington quarter (mintage of 436,800), and I also have some mercs that number in the 1-4 millions in my album, but that is about it. IMHO, I can't imagine myself paying $100-$1000 for a single coin, even if it is rare, so I just let it be (that doesn't mean I don't go window shopping on seller's listings for expensive coins from time to time  ) Edited by YoshiRules
06/12/2015 2:42 pm
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Kind of a tuff question for me. By rare I would think this means the one with the lowest mintage. However, so many coins have some large mintages and are worth more than some with low mintages. For example I have 10 1916D Mercury dimes and one is MS. Also, I have several 1922 Plain Lincoln Cents but difficult to say that one since no one knows how many there are or how many were ever made. I do have lots of coins with low mintages and of no real massive value. So this means your question is not an easy one for some of us. However, possibly my entire roll of 1913 Liberty Head Nickels falls into the rarest catagory.  |
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For me it has to be my1864 Large Motto Proof. Mintage is estimated at 100. Myron Kliman in his book " Two Cent Pieces and Varieties" estimated the survival of Proof Two Cent Pieces at 66%. There are 20 or so known Small Motto proof pieces known to exist. That leaves this Large Motto as one of approximately 46 or so.  |
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My primary focus is on errors...I have a few Unique World errors, both coins & currency, but since it has to be from the USA, it has to be my 2003-D quadstruck (all strikes die struck) LMC... |
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I like that 1872-cc @germanicus. My interest in the old west silver coins is the hard use they saw as circulating coins. There are no surviving uncirculated 1859-S or 1861-S quarters, for instance. Of the early cc quarters I've only managed to get an 1875. The earlier ones are just too expensive for me.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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