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Ironic that a lot of these "key" dates are some of the most abundantly available in their series.
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USA coins only in my list ... concur that it is great to have some input from our international friends ... this is indeed a worldwide coin forum.  I'm listing the following from my memory only ... please feel free to add to the four 'classes' of Key Dates as I've defined them: Class 1 Key Dates - Unobtainable by any of us 1804 Silver Dollar 1913 Liberty nickel1933 St. Gaudens $20 1894-S Barber dimeClass 2 Key Dates - Plan to bring a lot of $$ 1915 Panama Pacific $50 (Round or Octagonal) 1893-S Morgan MS 1895 Proof Morgan Various CC mint issued coins in MS Class 3 Key Dates ... now we can pursue them. 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent1916 Standing Liberty quarter1895 Liberty nickel etc Class 4 Key Dates ... whatever set we are working on with holes. Clearly recognize that my suggestions above are not complete or inclusive of all USA coinage 'key dates' ... simply starting the conversation to suggest that there are various levels of collector access to the coins ... hope someone is inspired to add to my initial offering. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Lets not forget the 1913 S type 2 Buffalo Nickel  |
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To add my dream "key", a legit confederate half
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What about the lesser key dates that is possible for most of us to collect? Well, the 2 rubles 1999, either mint, is kind of scarce-ish. For US coins... not sure. Never really looked into it much. 1996-W dime? |
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Hey! What about the 1877 OR the 1878 Shield nickel? Your Shield set ain't complete without that animal(s)!  |
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As Forrest Gump would say, key is as key does!
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Never tried to collect it, but the 1793 chain cent always seemed absurdly expensive to me.
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What about the lesser key dates that is possible for most of us to collect? Everything that I listed on the previous page is obtainable.  Quote:
Lets not forget the 1913 S type 2 Buffalo Nickel Yup, I mentioned that. |
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My personal king of the key dates are the ones standing between me and my complete Jefferson nickel set from circulation: 1939-D 1943-D 1944 or 45-S... forget which one. Yes, I could easily buy all three on ebay in MS for less than the cash in my wallet, but that would sully the purity of my "circulation" set. Since I don't roll hunt and barely use cash these days, they will likely always be my most coveted coins! Since my primary focus has been on Roman coins, this one would likely come out tops: https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/aureo...206&l=193733Romulus Augustus was Rome's last emperor; a 16 year old boy who surrendered the Purple to the barbarian king Odoacer and ushered in the Dark Ages. Or, put into perspective, you could sell 21 of those for enough cash for a single 1913 V nickel |
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More seriously, I think that the stuff with single-digit mintages shouldn't enter the realm of key dates at all - they should just be ignored for most purposes.
Double digit... depends on the context, I guess, but most of the time, the same as above (the exceptions are some proof-only issues, where often most of the original mintage is extant). Okay how about the 1822 half eagle, mintage 17,796, currently three known, two permanently impounded in the Smithsonian. Only one piece available to collectors. Quote:
Never tried to collect it, but the 1793 chain cent always seemed absurdly expensive to me. Yes it does until you consider that there are probably only around 1600 pieces in any condition available. And it's highly desired. But if you're willing to devote the money to it possession is achievable. I know, I'm not wealthy but I have three of them. The fourth one's going to cost me though. |
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Speaking of impossible rarities, I have read that the Smithsonian houses a handful of unique patterns, including the 1849 double eagle, and the $50 half union gold pattern.
THOSE are keys!
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