Top Ten Coins In Terms Of Demand And Potential Appreciation

Your list is interesting ,
Should be labelled as
" Easily Available better Date Coins"
Nothing on that list is really rare or hard to find.
Just takes the right amount of money .
Every coin on the list would be available
In most grades at a decent sized coin Show .

I 2nd that the 1937-D Buffalo is likely the 3-legged variety as the general coin is far from anything special in terms of rarity.

What these have in common is they are key dates in their series.

The Morgan (especially) and Peace dollars / Lincoln Pennys / Jefferson nickels / Mercury dimes / Washington quarter are widely collected series, so the demand will stay strong on the key dates of these series, especially for higher grade coins with eye appeal and no problems.

Standing Liberty quarters - The 1916 is the better date, but IMO is kind of a 2nd tier when it comes to the collecting base. I don't hear / see as many chasing after the set.

The St Gaudens set, due to the high entry point as its ~an ounce of gold very much limits its collecting base. Back in the late 90s when gold was $300/ounce, there likely was a base, but at this $1700-1900 range we've been at probably sent a lot of those folks into other areas of the hobby. Maybe I'm ignorant, but the pricing I'm seeing on in suggest that its viewed more as a "common" in the series and valued similarly to much of the rest of the set. That its value is primarily tied to gold might suggest that any scarcity premiums have already been wiped out by the high cost of gold.

Rather than the St Gaudens, maybe consider early branch mint Buffalo nickels, 1921 D or 41/42 overdate Mercuries, or higher grade earl S mint Walking Liberty halves.

The list could be long but if we're restricting it to 10, I might swap out the 1932-D for the 1895-O 10c. Not as well-known but they always get strong prices and in 64-65 they're almost ten times more expensive than the 32.

I'm a Mercury dime nut so I'd put the 16D one with FSB at the top of the list.

agree on the Mercury dime; I didn't type that list in any priority order. I do own a red S-VDB in 65 and I think the dime is on my next wish list some day. My concern is on the sticker price. I am worried that the higher the grade, the less liquid the dime becomes. Do you have an opinion non this ?

1909 S VDB - HAVE
1921 Peace dollar - HAVE
1878 CC Morgan - No interest
1914 D penny - Have 2
1955 DD penny - If I could get one cheap...
1937 D nickel - No Interest
1916 D dime - Have
1917 Standing Liberty quarter - Actually this one I need for my Slabbed Type Set.
1932 D quarter - No Interest
1908 St Gaudens no motto - No Interest

I really don't know this list has any real meaning other than you picked a few keys

Yep Type 1, looking for an AU one and they are currently priced over greysheet. Still have 19 other coins needed so it may wait, unless I find one for a good price.