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Hello, I have these 2 Harris Sacagawea dollars Folder 2000-2004 and I want to fill them, but how? I tried Coin Roll Hunting but it only got me so far.....unless I just really suck at it. I can't find any circulated coins on ebay, is that bad? I did find a good store on ebay that sells BU coins. However, filling a folder with BU coins sounds expensive. Can someone please help me or something I'm extremely frustrated and discouraged. Thanks, Rich |
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Pillar of the Community
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which dates do you need, I have a couple in harris holders.
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What you are perhaps unknowingly asking for would be a pretty rare set of coins!
Since the 2002 and later never circulated, circulated examples of them are many magnitudes rarer than uncirculated examples.
Interesting question though. Don't know how you'd go about getting "cull" Sacs.
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Pardon my ignorance, as I am not focused on these other than knowing what they are :). I got mine as change (in good condition) in the post office.
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Hello, Quote:
Since the 2002 and later never circulated, circulated examples of them are many magnitudes rarer than un-circulated examples. "The Red Book" shows that they circulated through 2006. Unless I'm understanding the P and D mint marks wrong 2007 and 2008 were not issued for circulation but 2000 through 2004 were. In 2002 "The Red Book" shows that 3,865,610 were circulated with the P mint mark and 3,732,000 were circulated with the D mint mark. Looking at the numbers I now see that 2002 is not going to be as easy to obtain as say 2000 or 2001. Thanks, Rich Rich M. - Collector since 2008
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nope, 2002-present P&D Sackies have been NIFC and could only be obtained directly from the US Mint via bags and rolls(over face value) or in Mint Sets. The multi-million mintages you see were only available from those sources. However, I have received 2006 and 2007 Sackies from a teller's scratch tray at my bank. I believe that someone was searching for high grade specimens and just cashed in the rest- they were not circulated(although they did have teller fingerprints  ) and had no visible wear. That was a one-time find and I have not found any more in the 1 1/2 years since. Edited by biokemist6
01/13/2009 1:32 pm
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Hello, biokemist6, how can I obtain this information on other coin types? "The Red Book" makes it look like 2002 - Present were circulated. Also, the table on this page http://www.coincommunity.com/coin_f...acagawea.asp has a circulated strikes column, which is confusing too. Where can I find true circulation information? Also, being that this collection can't be completed using circulated coins, I have priced BU coins and to complete one folder will cost me $22.39. This is roughly $14 over face value, which is not bad considering I have paid over $40 for a Commemorative Silver Dollar in the past ($39 over face value.) Thanks, Rich Rich M. - Collector since 2008
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01/13/2009 2:01 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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The mintages of the coins should tell you all you need to know. Any modern coin with a mintage of just a couple million will be NIFC. Anything that circulates will have mintages of tens of millions(half dollars), hundreds of millions(quarters), or billions(cents, nickels, and dimes). NIFCs for formerly business strike coins is a relatively new concept so there are not that many. There have been a few isolated incidences in the past where a coin has been issued only in Mint Sets for one year but return to circulation the next(1970D and 1987P&D halves). The 2002-2008 Sackies and 2002-present Halves are the only ones with a multiyear NIFC run. The 2009 Sackies with the new reverse are intended for circulation since the Mint included them in the Direct Ship program although I doubt you will be able to get them at your local bank any time soon since they already have a glut of Presidential dollars. Edited by biokemist6
01/13/2009 3:19 pm
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Back to the word folders. If in fact you are using folders, not albums, let me inform you of something. Since I do not know the manufacturer of your folder, I will say it probably is just a normal one seen in most coin stores. If those folders are the ones where you have to press the coins into slots and can not see the reverse of the coins, they are not what you want for your collection. Those are for kids basically. If you look at the back of the slots you would notice they are sort of shinny. That is the glue from the manufacturing process. Glue is applied to a sheet, the slotted piece is placed on that, then it's dried and done. Now if moisture gets to those slots the glue become sticky again and ends up on your coins.
Regardless of the coins I would suggest you change to an album.
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Hello, just carl, I agree with you completely. The BU Sagagawea collection I'm putting together is for a 10 year old friend of the family for his birthday. For myself I will definitely use albums for the reasons you specified. BTW the folders are Harris Sacagawea dollars Folder 2000-2004. Thanks so much. Thanks, Rich Edited by snitchard
01/14/2009 10:33 am
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