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United States
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I am nearily finished with my Dansco Jefferson nickel album. I have just four hole left to fill: 1942-D 1942-S (silver) 1949-S 1955 Out of these four coins the 1955 is proving to be the most difficult to locate. I am searching for high grade coins, MS-63 or higher, that are not slabbed. I don't want to buy on the bay but I would rather see the coin live before buying. So far the local coin show has been rather dry on this particular coin. Maybe at the next show I will have better luck. I'm wondering if anyone has has a hard time locating high grade pre 1964 common date coins. What have you done other than patiently searching? I don't mind hunting so much but it has been over a year and no luck so far. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I still need an Alaksa D State Quarter for an album I started a year ago. I'm not even going for high grade so I imagine it is much tougher for you. Keep up the hunt. |
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United States
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The '42-D is much tougher than its price would suggest.
The '55 comes very poorly made. You can find these pretty easily since they were hoarded but nice examples are still tough.
I'm surprised the '49-S is a problem. The price is high but they are out there.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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United States
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How about the 2012 Proof Presidential dollar sets? I need them for a holder I'm filling, but I'm not paying $60-75 for a set four proof dollars that was issued less than four years ago.  |
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United States
164 Posts |
1979 d Kennedy half. Since I bought a second album I have went through 4 boxes of halves and am still looking for one. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Most recent (2005+) P-mint moderns. D's are plentiful here in Texas, and I don't do enough cash transactions to see (m)any P coins.
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United States
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For some reason, I'm having trouble finding a decent circulated 1986-P quarter.
As CelticKnot mentioned in his post, the P mints are always a bit harder to find compared to the D mints if you're west of the Mississippi River (I live in Kansas). Most of the National Park quarters I'm still missing are P mint.
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United States
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The 1954 P Wheat cent was tough for me. I wasn't going for high grade, but it still took me years to come across one that I could get for a reasonable price. I was searching from circulation for 8 years, plus four hoards of 200-2,000 wheat cents each, and I only found one. I also have almost no ATB Quarters from 2012-2014, despite very high mintages. The 1978-D half was a tough one too; took a good 3 boxes to find one. Edited by Finn235
12/10/2015 5:16 pm
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United States
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my trouble one here in NYS is a 1990 Canada penny. The mintage is 200 million which is a little smaller than usual but I have found virtually every Canada penny from King George VI and QE2 and on put that one eludes me and its gotten harder finding Canadian pennies since they are scrapping them I might have to buy one and the cheapest red one is 3.50 on ebay ....ugh !! |
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1949 S LWC. Yes, I already have a ton of them, but in 11 years of CRHing and over 3000 wheat cents, still never found one. |
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United States
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1949-P, 1980-D & 1997-P Lincoln cents. These are the only post 1930 Lincoln cents I havn't found after searching tens of thousands of cents.
To be fair the holes for 70-S (small date) & the 1960 sm/LG varieties are also missing from my 7100. Not because I couldn't find them...I'm just awful at attributing the date varieties.
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For some reason, I'm having trouble finding a decent circulated 1986-P quarter.
As CelticKnot mentioned in his post, the P mints are always a bit harder to find compared to the D mints if you're west of the Mississippi River (I live in Kansas). Most of the National Park quarters I'm still missing are P mint. The '86-D quarter has low rims like the '84 and '85 so it's not protected from damage and gouges. It also went into circulation very rapidly allowing more even wear among specimens. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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United States
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For SpaceMan: I have several Alaska 2008d and 2012d if you still need one. I found 5 1960 Lincoln Cent small dates. The hardest one so far in cent has been a 1954. 10 boxes CRH and only found 1 |
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United States
343 Posts |
I actually found the 2008D a month or so ago. I have bought a new album for another set, but its far from complete.
I'll let you know in the future if I need another one. Thanks!
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United States
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Post 1959 Lincoln Cent the only one I'm having a hard time to find to complete my book is 1973s , maybe because I'm in upstate NY... Older than 1959 I need several , specially from the range 1909-1929, I keep hunting them  |
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United States
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For cooper castle : I have one in my album and 2 extras of the 1949, if you still need one let me know then I can mail to you .... It's not a high grade coin but works until you find a better one  |
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