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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum.  ***When it comes to U. S. coins, we all know the rarities: 09S-VDB 1¢, 1894-S dime, 1916-D dime, 1916 Type I 25¢, 1804 $1, etc. But what about famous rare coins from other countries? Can someone list a bunch?
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United States
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Great question! Looking forward to the responses.  |
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United States
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Basically a boundless question.
A few modern rarities I like:
The 1954 Mexican Hidalgo 5 Peso. Been going straight up as of late, but always a good value. Interest in Mexican numismatics is white hot and this is a modern key date.
The 1948 Canada $1. Big papa. Has doubled in value in the past 5 years. High mint state grades getting increasingly inaccessible.
1985 Ireland 20p. A true mega-rarity and heavily faked, but a coin I've been after for a while, but rarely sold.
Underrated; the 46/47 Italian rarities. Big market and very hard to come by.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Some quite notable United Kingdom rarities:
Penny: 1933 (around 7 known), 1952 (apparently unique), 1954 (apparently unique)
Threepence: 1937 Edward VIII nickel-brass (a few patterns got into circulation); 1945 silver (all apparently melted down, but one or two known to exist)
Shilling: 1952 English reverse - a few believed to exist.
Halfcrown: 1952 (one found in circulation in the 1960s)
Decimal 2 pence 1983 (a rare mule exists with the 'New Pence' reverse used from 1971-81)
Decimal 10 pence 2009 (a rare mule exists with the Lion reverse used from 1992-2008)
Decimal 50 pence 2011, Olympics Swimming - rare variety with lines passing over swimmer's face, from a pattern die that should have been discarded.
The above are all coins of which only a few are known. Other pattern Edward VIII coins exist, and some other coins like the Elizabeth II 1953 gold half-sovereign, sovereign, two and five pounds that were struck in small quantities but never made available to the public.
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Each country has its own "rarest coins". Some examples:
Australia: 1930 penny, 1922/21 threepence, any pre-1966 proof coin.
Canada: 1911 dollar, 1921 50c, 1948 50c and $1.
Germany (post-WWII): 1958J 5 marks,
Greece (modern): 1844 and 1845 5 drachmai, 1830 1 lepton.
Ireland: 1938 penny, 1943 florin, 1985 20p.
New Guinea: 1929 halfpenny and penny, anything from German New Guinea.
New Zealand: 1935 "Waitangi" crown and threepence, undated 2c / Bahamas 5c mule.
Poland: 1 fenig 1917
South Africa: 1874 pond, 1892 pond.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United Kingdom
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Great list, Sap!  Some extremely rare 20th-century French coins: 5 centimes: 1914 cupro-nickel type 10 centimes: 1914 nickel type 20 centimes: 1946B 1 Franc 1914C 1943 'Republique Francaise' type (minted in Algeria during Nazi Occupation of France) 2 Francs 1991 coin alignment (most have medal alignment, and were sold in BU sets) 5 Francs 1934 1936 1939 nickel type 1941 Petain type (most destroyed in WW2) 20 Francs 1939 1973 silver 41mm (abandoned in favour of a 50F coin owing to increase in price of silver, but about 20 are believed to exist) |
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United States
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Very interesting! |
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United States
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This is great information thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Rare, I have a coin where only one was made. The weird thing on Numista is that the rarity rating is not 100. The gold NHS 50p from 1998 with 651 examples is a rarity rating of 97 https://en.numista.com/258784The rarity of this one (not the one I have) where there's only one coin produced is 95. Though mine, also the only one, is 95, whereas this one has a rarity rating of 97 https://en.numista.com/267324 |
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United States
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wow, fantastic list.
Maybe tomorrow, I'll come back and compile what has already been listed into one post for easier access as this topic grows.
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United Kingdom
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If you include some of the gold and piefort examples of commemorative coins there will be lots of rare ones, because they often sold in very small numbers. Prior to 2002 you could order double thickness pieforts of any French circulating coin in the standard metal, silver and gold. Often only a handful actually sold. The lists I've given are for coins issued for (or intended for) circulation.
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