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What I wonder is if the USA stops the one Cent coin will all of them sky rocket to fantastic values?
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The internet has been a Godsend since I can talk to collectors of almost everything. Agreed.  |
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What I wonder is if the USA stops the one Cent coin will all of them sky rocket to fantastic values? I thought getting rid o the Memorial cent would spur interest in all one cent coins and especially in the Memorial cent. This just didn't seem to happen. Abolishing the penny altogether might have more of an effect but nothing seems to change any longer. The old Washington quarter and Jefferson nickel have been discontinued with no obvious effect as well. Of course few people are aware the quarter is discontinued. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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From what I have read, the LWCs were still kicking around in free circulation as late as the 70s. "Modern" (1959-2008) coins are an order of magnitude more common, and we may still see 1960s coins in circulation in the 2060s, especially if most coins spend years at a time motionless in jars and buckets. I suspect the *true* sleeper coins will be the last handful of zincolns that show neither plating bubbles nor zinc rot. That is of course, assuming that collectors in the coming decades still care about the ultra-high grades... I certainly dont. There is also a good chance that future collectors expand beyond just US coins. In recent years, certain world mint sets (particularly India) went from being junk bin items selling for a couple bucks to $500+ items at auction. |
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Quote:The old Washington quarter and Jefferson nickel have been discontinued with no obvious effect as well. Of course few people are aware the quarter is discontinued. The only thing that I have noticed is a huge price jump of the key date Washington quarters (1932-D and 1932-S). I bought the pair in 1997 for less than half of what just one would sell for today. |
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From what I have read, the LWCs were still kicking around in free circulation as late as the 70s. I started collecting in 1972, and sure, wheaties were kicking around. But they weren't as abundant as you might think. Certainly more were available then than today, but while it wasn't uncommon, it still was a thrill to find one. Obviously the frequency of that thrill has diminished markedly since then. |
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Just wondering if the 2009 issues could be considered sleepers, due to the relatively low mintages.
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Huge fan of the 2009 mint set cents. I do believe they may be a good sleeper, but it's going to take time. I continue to buy the cents when I can get a deal and they haven't toned like so many have.
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oober, I didn't realize that the 2009 satin mint set (36 coin) had a mintage of 784,614. Looks like if you are patient, you can pick them up on ebay for under $20 every so often, doesn't seem like too bad a price for what you are getting in the set. If you chose to, you could break up the set and sell everything separately and make a pretty good profit from what I can see. Very interesting, glad you brought this to my attention! |
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IMO 2009 is not a sleeper at all because so many hoarded them uncirculated. At best the UC set may be the rarest but they still made well over half a million which is a lot. With that said, I do enjoy the 2009 cent designs.
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Wouldn't consider this a sleeper because it already has appreciated in value, but someone a while back in another thread brought up the 2015 March of Dimes set, which contained the first reverse proof silver dime ever, mintage of 74,430. I see you can still get these raw for under $50, slabbed are going for much more. But even raw, does anyone think this is a good buy at this point with such low mintage, and it seems Roosevelt dime collectors (of which there are many) would need this for their set? |
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I think the 2009 UC cents demand would increase once folder/album companies include these varieties in their products like the 1982 cents.
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