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Valued Member
United States
209 Posts |
Is the 1926s dime in vf a better investment then a 1921d in good condition? Vf for the 1926 is about $150 and a 1921d in vg is about the same.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think so. The '26-S is harder to find in high grades than '21-D is in low grades even if they're priced about the same.
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Valued Member
United States
289 Posts |
Where we are located, it would DEFINITELY be the 21-D. I have been able to buy 2 26s's from 2 different stores about an hour a part here for about 50$ less than the 21-D in VF. But that's just me. I've driven about 3 hours in all directions around me and have never seen a 21-D VF ever cost less than the 26-S. I don't really know why though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
I see more VF 21 D than 26 S here.
Tried locating 26 S in AU is hard with decent price.
HELP!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the 26-S is a better investment in the long run, as macmercury said they are harder to find in EX AU grades. I had some trouble finding even a decent 1916 in VF before I went to my local coin shop, and they just so happened to have the exact coin I was looking for.
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Valued Member
 United States
209 Posts |
ok thanks for the info, I think ill go with the 1926s dime in VF35 thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not sure for investment purposess but from many coin shows I've seen some dealers with actual stacks of the 21D's. Never saw a stack of 26S's though. This would make me think that the 21D's are better sellers than the 26S. It appears that almost everyone says the primary key coins in the series are the 16D, 21 and 21D. Only after that are coins like the 26S, 31D, 42/41 even mentioned.
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Valued Member
United States
209 Posts |
The 1926s I can find good deals but the 21d in ag is $50, pcgs list the 21d in good for $60 and ebay sellers are at 80-100...so over priced its redicuolus |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:The 1926s I can find good deals but the 21d in ag is $50, pcgs list the 21d in good for $60 and ebay sellers are at 80-100...so over priced its redicuolus Exactly true. You have to remember that coin collecting is mostly based on popularity of coins. Naturally the quantity minted is important but even a coin with a few thousand minted is not expensive if no one is buying it. The 21, 21D are popular and of low mintage. The popularity makes them worth a lot more than any coin of similar mintages. A good example of this is note the 1915S Liberty Head Dime with 960,000 minted and then compare the 1921 and 21D Mercury dimes for prices. Although those are many times more minted and newer, the popularity is just not there. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Like the '16-D, '21 and '21-D, I see the '42/1 for sale a lot. I don't know if it's overpriced like the other three keys, but it's always available, and usually in nicer grades because of its late date and relatively early discovery. Same with the '42/1-D in circulated grades, though it seems rare in uncirculated or AU.
It doesn't surprise me that low mintage coins from other sets are lower priced - Barbers are much less popular to collect than Mercs. I am just surprised at individual coins in a series being so much more popular than the rest. Are there lots of people out there getting just the key dates and not collecting the series? If people were collecting type sets, I would think they would go for either first-year-of-type examples, or dates that are affordable and well-struck.
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Valued Member
United States
421 Posts |
Here is another example of Key date coins. 1909 s vdb in Ms-63 rd FMV is $2750.oo mintage of 484,000
or 1914-d ms-63 rd FMV $4940.00 mintage of almost 1.2 million.
Or how about the 1931-s Lincoln in ms-63 rd $222.00 866,000.
So do3es this make any sense? Shouldn't the 31-s be worth more money? I am guessing it has to do with the scarcity of the coin in the higher grades. And with the 31-s being the depression coin they might have been put away in higher grades.
I agree everyone wants to own the KING of the Lincolns, but I see the 14-d being a better investment.
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Valued Member
United States
209 Posts |
Thanks everyone for there view points! So it seems like the popularity has a big role in what the coins value is or will be, but I always thought that if it has a low mintage then its considered a key date or semi key
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sure; look at the 15s Barber. Under a million minted and just 7 dollars in G. IF that were a Merc it would probably be closer to $100.
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Valued Member
United States
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Sure; look at the 15s Barber. Under a million minted and just 7 dollars in G. IF that were a Merc it would probably be closer to $100.  thats very true |
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