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Like several others have mentioned, mine can't compare with what is listed here but I'll post them anyway.
1892 P Morgan - 1,037,245
1883 CC Morgan - 1,204,000
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I bought both the 1873 3¢ Silver and the 1873 2¢ coins some years back because of their very low proof-only mintage of 600 coins each. My 1914 proof Barber half is also low-mintage, either 380 pieces (says Stacks and the Red Book) or 610 pieces (per CoinFacts.com). I thought all three of these coins were undervalued when I purchased them and they seem to be undervalued still. They haven't appreciated nearly as much as many higher-mintage keys, such as the 1909-S VDB and 1955 double die cents and the 1916-D Mercury dime.  Many new collectors are surprised to learn that really old coins aren't necessarily expensive. Eventually they also learn that a low-mintage coin is not always worth more than coins that were made in much greater quantities.  |
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United States
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Several that I own of interest... 1856 Flying Eagle - not a regular issue, but a pattern Snow-3 (Mint State) mintage ~758 (proof mintage is considered ~1500) 1872 2cent - regular issue - mintage 65,000 1936 proof set (1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c) mintage 3,837 sets possible (quarter mintage 3,837) 1803 1/2 cent - mintage 92,000 1875 Indian Head cent proof - mintage 700 Everyone seems to have some very nice examples. |
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United States
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mine is my 1916-d Mercury dime with 26400 not a big low mintage collector. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2049 Posts |
1835 $5 Classic Head Half Eagle gold - 371534 1806 Half Cent - 356000 1857 Large Cent - 333546 1894 Morgan dollar - 110000 |
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Valued Member
United States
246 Posts |
Don't laugh, I'm a noob, but I did find a 1970 S Kennedy half in a box a long time ago! I was so exstatic, my g/f thought I was and still am a nutt! I called her immediately when I found it, and she thought that was funny. I think there were around 3,000,000 or so minted. This one is in great shape too! |
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United States
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Sorry to pile-on to this old topic, but I bought my first <100,000 coin! I purchased a 1936 Bridgeport Commemorative in Long Beach --> 25,015 minted. What a fun experience!
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks to Prethen, I have something to contribute to this thread, quote:
1887 3CN = 5000
This was just a 3CN that I had bought along with a few other coins last year, after reading Prethen's post, I realised, I have one of those  I even posted a picture of it once not realising is was somewhat special Thanks Prethen for the education. (not slabbed, just in a Whitman plastic 2x2) Image Insert: Image Insert: |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1844 quarter eagle - 6,784
1872s quarter eagle - 18,000
1874s half eagle - 16,000
Hard to locate, but not all that expensive considering the low mintage - less than 2x melt for the 72s and 74s, 3x melt for the 1844.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Valued Member
United States
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1988 proof UK silver pound : 50,000 For U.S. (kinda) 1883 Kingdom of Hawaii quarter ( Charles Barber design) 242,600 (247,000 of the 500,000 were melted) Wow, even my 1798 cent has a mintage over 1 million. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Off the top of my head, I have the 1997 Botanic Gardens Jefferson Matte Nickel 25,000 mintage.
( Guess you're wondering how it got there, huh? )
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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non-circulating2006-W burnished $5 Gold American Eagle mintage ~12,000 circulating1855 3 cent silver mintage 139,000 1834 Classic Head Half Cent mintage 141,000
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Valued Member
United States
245 Posts |
1925 Lexington - Concord Sesquicentenial Half Dollar PCGS MS 63 162,013
Near as I can tell.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
860 Posts |
1912 Lincoln Matte Proof 2,145 1955/55 DDO unknown  Jim |
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