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Can someone offer some advice on the best dates to consider in this series? I want something 60+, hoping to spend in the $30-50 range, but might go slightly higher depending on color. Basically I'd like to know which dates in this series have the cheapest prices for 60+ grades?
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The 1883 no cents would be a good place to start. Numismedia has it valued at $30 in MS-60. Although if you want another date, be prepared to wait a long time for one to come that cheap.
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Any other than the 1883 no cents, even in the 1901-1908, 10-12 common dates in true uncirculated will have to have problems to fall into your price range.
Find a nice AU with no problems and you might get under $60.
Watch out for cleaned coins as that problem is rampant in this series.
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I like the 1883 no cents.
Plenty available and not expensive in higher grades.
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IMO get them in AU-55 or -58 OR MS-63 or higher.
MS-60, -61 and -62 indicate uncirculated coins with problems.
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OK, thanks. I should have mentioned I already have a very nice NO CENTS variety. So ignore my price range for a second, if I just want to know which dates are the cheapest in either AU-58 or MS63, can someone provide that?
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1902 to 1912 should cost around $70 to $100 in higher AU grades.
An AU 58 is a MS 67 coin that got slid across a table, so in my mind, they often provide a very nice coin for a type set and will not look out of place in an uncirculated set.
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The others are right about how the 1883 No Cents Nickel is a bargain for an inexpensive type set. BUT that issue is a one year type coin because the missing word "cents." Among the "With Cents" dates the 1909 Liberty nickel is quite common. If you ever go high end, the 1909 is by far the most Liberty nickel in Proof. The reason? Back in 1909 there were three designs for the cent, the Indian, the 1909-VDB and the 1909 Plain. To get all three collectors had to order two piece Proof sets from the mint, which contained the cent and the nickel. If you add the mintage of three Proof cents and compare it to the mintage for the 1909 nickel, you find that the numbers are fairly close. |
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