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New Member
United States
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What's your rarest coin by survival estimate?
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Valued Member
United States
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Probably my 1796 large cent S-87, which is only rarity 3. They come nice, and mine is nice with full devices but not a census coin.
The really rare stuff is outside my budget for the hobby.
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Valued Member
United States
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Edited by chirrrs
11/21/2022 2:55 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Here is the 1835 LM-12 capped bust Half Dime. It's an R7 ("4 to 12 extant"), as this marriage is estimated to have 7 examples. All of them are details coins in circulated grades (like this VG8 details here) save for a PCGS VF35 that was auctioned in 2021. This is an interesting marriage because it wasn't discovered until 2007 - over 170 years after its minting! The Logan-McCloskey book, Federal Half Dimes 1792 - 1837, which was published in 1998, didn't list it (although it did list examples using 1835 obverse #4, and reverse JJ, which was previously recognized only in two 1836 die marriages). I acquired this in January 2022 since I was only the underbidder on the aforementioned VF35 coin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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here is mine. 1800 LM-5 Half Dime. this is the only known copy of this die marriage. it wont be mine much longer. its been consigned to be auctioned.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For my rarest by survival rate it would be an 1843 Seated half dollar, WB-7. The following is from Bill Bugert's "A Registry of Liberty Seated half dollar Varieties, Vol V., Quote:
This die marriage is currently unknown. Based on M.L. Beistle's description of his variety "2 B" in his 1929 reference, A Register of Half Dollar Die Varieties and Sub-Varieties, these descriptions exactly match a late die state of obverse 3 and an early die state of reverse E. Beistle evidently saw this die marriage and reported it in his reference so we think it must exist. Randy Wiley, Dick Osburn, and I have been actively searching for an example of this die marriage for years without success. Perhaps a knowledgeable collector will find one.   |
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Quote:For my rarest by survival rate it would be an 1843 Seated half dollar, WB-7. Very nice! I love that circulation cameo!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1860S half dollar seated liberty   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Amazing to see the workout most of these ultra-rare examples received. They're needles in a haystack.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1858-S half eagle. PCGS survival 45. Half eagles with PCGS survival under 100 are still relatively affordable, considering the gold melt value.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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11/21/2022 7:42 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1872 2 cents. PR 65 RB. 950 struck, most survived, but they start to get scarce in higher grades.   Edited by fenton
11/21/2022 8:11 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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For US coins 1795 NC-3 large cent, I turned up the 8th known specimen. In my Conder tokens I have a couple of unique pieces, one with two known. I have a coulpe where I don't know the actual survivorship, but the original mintages were 24 and 31 respectively. |
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United States
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Circulation strike. About 100 estimated to survive.  |
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