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I have been trying to take my collection in another direction, by putting together groups of 12 coins. To help I would like to get opinions on what might be the 12 most popular key date coins. I don't mean the hardest to get or the most expensive. I am thinking coins that most serious collectors could have. Like 1909S VDB Lincoln 1916 D Mercury 1877 Indian Head cent1921 Peace dollar1932 D quarter Any opinions ....please post Edit ... Adding some as I think of more Edited by GR58
08/17/2013 2:54 pm
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Well, not a 'key date' but id call it the most key coin ever produced. The EID MAR issue by Brutus, commemorating the murder of Julius Caesar. There are a lot of this issue around, surprisingly. A good 60 or so examples in silver.
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Well, not a 'key date' but id call it the most key coin ever produced. The EID MAR issue by Brutus, commemorating the murder of Julius Caesar. There are a lot of this issue around, surprisingly. A good 60 or so examples in silver. What a cool idea,, I agree the most key coin ever produced, I watched a special on NATGEO and it was fascinating. BenByfield, Is this something within reach of the average collector? Sorry got so excited about history did not mean to hijack the thread. |
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I sold a 1895-O Morgan in May, so you could add that and any other rare Morgan date to your list, especially 1893.
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BenByfield, Is this something within reach of the average collector? I guess that depends on how much money you think an "average collector" has to spare. The EID MAR denarius is one of the most expensive Roman coins you can buy readily. The 2000 edition Sear catalogue lists it at US$36,000 in VF, US$88,000 in EF. The illustrated example on this Wildwinds page sold for US$55,000 in 2009. Even a badly corroded, holed, contemporary counterfeit (example #2 on the Wildwinds page) sold for over $1000. Maybe I'm below average, but this coin is too rich for my blood. Now, for the OP's question. Perhaps I am misunderstanding the term "key date", but as I understand it, you are referring to scarce dates alone, not date-mintmark-variety combinations. Coins such as the 1909-S-VBD Lincoln Cent would not qualify as a "key date", because there are plenty of other 1909 cents that you could obtain, much cheaper. The 1909-S-VDB is a "key coin", but not a "key date". If you're talking American coins, I would suggest the following 12 "key dates" for coins with less than $1 face value: 1802 Half Cent1804 large cent 1877 small cent 1872 2 cents 1872 silver 3 cents 1885 nickel 3 cents 1846 Half Dime1885 5 cents 1895 dime 1875 20 cents 1932 quarter dollar 1887 half dollar 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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Rather than key dates, how about key TYPES?
You could build a very nice and educational collection of U.S. coins, covering the last 2 centuries or so.
By not restricting to date, a higher grade collection could be built up for the same budget.
Such a collection would attract a wider educational intererest from the non numismatically inclined.
Many years ago, I build up an pre decimal Australian type set of bronze and silver coins,
where each type was represented by the rarest date (except '30 penny). No coin was less than VF.
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