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We all know the 1916-D is a key date for the Mercury dime. We also know the 1932-D/S is a key for the Washington quarter. Outside of the well known key and semi-key date coins.. what are your top sleepers? This would be a coin that maybe you feel is currently under priced due to various factors (not popular, low mintage, a lot were melted, etc). Just to start the discussion, I think a lot of gold coins would fall into this category. Populations are low on a lot of date/MM combos however most collectors don't try and complete a full set so the rare dates may not get as much attention as they should. |
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I think a lot of Three Cent pieces are undervalued, especially the silver ones. A lot of the proofs are in hundreds to 1000 total mintage and you can pick them up for under $1000. Only the rarest ones with under 200 coins struck will cost you much over $1000 in the lower proof grades. Even for business strikes most years are rarer than their prices would suggest. After 1852 & 1853 there are no years with more than 1.6 million coins struck, and the majority of years have less than 500,000 made. From 1862-1873 the highest year has 22,000 struck and most years are under 10,000 |
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The 1996 W Roosevelt dime. It has a mintage of only 1,457,000 which is very low compared to other dates from the series. Edited by cwb
08/14/2016 5:43 pm
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As this is posted in the main coin forum and not in a US coin forum, I guess it also applies to other than US coins? In that case, when looking at some European coins, I think that coins from small coin-issuing entities like Malta, Jersey and the Vatican. I have a set of Maltese coins with mintage well below 50.000 and I picked them up from the junk bin for a few cents each, in mint condition. The same goes for most of the Channel Islands and micro state coins. Most rare gold coins here are actually valued as such. There are a few known samples of coins with a low mintage and those coins are now worth a fortune. For example, an 1892 10 gulden coin would range somewhere around $40.000 or $50.000, I guess. Only 61 pieces were struck, if I remember correctly. Now for my personal sleeper coins... I just picked up a few commemorative silver Norwegian coins a week ago. They were about double spot price (including capsule, wooden case and certificates), which is quite low as their face value is already 200 NOK (which is still above the price for 1 oz of silver) and their mintage is just 50.000 pieces or so... The same goes for some commemorative Dutch 10 gulden pieces. I bought a few in AU/MS condition at spot price. Edited by UltraRant
08/14/2016 6:09 pm
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The 1931-S Buffalo nickel is the 2nd lowest mintage Buffalo , 1.2 million. the prices are inexpensive in nice circulated grades all the way up to MS-65 . I would have to say this is a sleeper .  Edited by T-BOP
08/14/2016 6:10 pm
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Quote: As this is posted in the main coin forum and not in a US coin forum, I guess it also applies to other than US coins? Thank you, that saves me from moving it and having to decide between Classic or Modern. |
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Great question! And I appreciate the answers thus far - I'm learning a ton. :O) I personally like the Native American dollars, partly because of their purpose, i.e., to honor the indigenous peoples of what is now the United States. The enhanced uncirculated coins, sold by the US Mint in Coin & Currency sets, might end up being sleepers given their low mintage, e.g., the 2014-D (50,000). |
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Low-mintage, late-date gold. Many on these can be found in PL. Don't expect their values to rise because there are very few collectors who are doing sets of gold issues, with the exception of Indian quarter and half eagles.
Moderns are typically a bad choice for investment.
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I think the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel is a great sleeper. Might end up being worth a lot someday. Oddly enough there are numerous coins of low mintage that just are not popular for some reason. Good example is the 31D Mercury dime. One of the lowest mintage in the series and just not that expensive. If you look up low mintage coins you could find many such examples. |
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