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ok, so with my recent purchase of nolawyers 1936 Cleveland Great Lakes Expo Half Dollar ANACS MS64 seen here: https://goccf.com/t/79670it has peaked my interest in comm's. unfortunately my budget does not allow for the classic comm's. but I figured why not start out with the moderns and hey, maybe when I'm 65- or 70 my kids will have something to wonderful to look at. so my question(s) is/are: do mintage numbers still apply in the coins rarity? how much does/will the price of silver affect the value? which modern ones should I start off with? ie. Lincoln, boyscouts, veterans, james town, ie 21st century or from 1986 onward? part of the answer to the last question is my budget. I am looking for them around melt or under $50 bucks... sound reasonable? also where can I find the numbers for the mintages on the latest modern commemoratives? also where can I purchase them? other than ebay? i know this may be presonal pref. but proof or uncirculated? price difference? more appreciable>? Edited by SDcoinguy
02/06/2011 10:25 am
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some of the moderns can be quite expensive but many go for spot are you going for all issues ?
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Another option for a limited budget is also the modern commemorative halves. With some in clad and also in silver, it can give you plenty of options. Some of the earlier commomeratives are still fairly easy to pick up in lower grades from well circulated to About Uncirculated. And even in lower grades, the early commemeratives are still beautiful, and still tell a story.
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The Red Book has the mintage numbers. You can get an idea on retail from the Red Book or Numismedia. You can probably get them cheaper on ebay than from a dealer in most cases. |
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I started this same project about a year ago. So far I have about 50 different ones, proofs and BU.
For what I have seen, the coins for the 1996 Olympics are the keys to the modern Commemorative, along
with a few others. In most cases the UNC's have the lowest mintage and the higher prices.
Two of the 1996 UNC coins have a mintage of around 15,000, which to me once you get a whole set,
that would be quite a rare set.
The price of silver has brought the price up a little on some of the more common coins, like
the 1983,1984 and 1986's. There are many that can be bought in the low $20.00 range, and most
I would say can be found for the $50 range or under.
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thanks gold rush. yea I saw that, the bu are slightly more $$ than the proofs. wonder why? just because of mintage? anyway. ebay had quite a few comms for $30-$50 range. seems a bit steep. my 2010 RedBook doesn't even have them for that much, nor does the pcgs price guide.. |
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yea I saw that, the bu are slightly more $$ than the proofs. wonder why? just because of mintage? SDcoinguy - that is what I am thinking .. some of the UNC's have very low mintage. Check the Red Book .. all the very low mintages coins seem to be $100 to $300+ range. |
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I am glad you are enjoying the Cleveland half dollar.
I would suggest just starting with the coins that appeal to you first (either the subject or design.) If you get all of those, you can decide if you want to complete the set. For me, there are too many modern commemoratives that I don't have any interest in. For example, I was never a boy scout so I really have no desire to own that coin. I am very interested in history and I love the Jamestown design so I was eager to obtain that one.
As for the prices, I think that a lot of the price guides have not taken into account the recent spike in silver.
PS - I have a proof 1988-S Olympic Dollar (with original packaging) that I will let go for melt.
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02/07/2011 10:34 am
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Modern Commems are great because, you can collect:
A: what you like
B: By year
C: By Proof or Unc
D: by denom
E: you get it.... almost no end to what a "complete" collection would be. YOU set the standard.
Have Fun, I have been putting together Commems with Nice/Wild toning... the modern coins are tough, but I've managed to find a few.
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Take a look at 2009 Louis Braille coins issued by the us mint. Reverse design has the word Braille in Braille (first such thing for the US Mint). Sort of neat.
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If you are on a budget you can get the 1986 Statue of Liberty $1, Washington silver half, most of the clad halves, some of the olympic $1 and some others.
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