Post the rarest coin you own (i.e. mintage, price, etc.). My rarest is either a 1920 d buffalo nickel, or a 1923 s buffalo nickel. You could add pictures if you want. Maybe one of you guys have a 1804 Dollar Second Reverse, Restrike With Plain Edge?
The 1857 FE clashes are some of my favorite coins out there. How the dies were clashed with different denominations puzzles me. Very nice.
I don't really know what you mean by rare, but. This coin has never been identified, some say it was a button. It is not a button, because the holes have such crudeness to them. There is also a bunch of writing on the back, a button would not have such detail, because no one looks at the back of a button. I found it in a cornfield near my house, while metal detecting. The area dates back to the 1830s. The coin itself I'm guessing is from the 1860s or before. I've showed this to many coin collectors, and they have no idea what it is. I also have a possibly rare token. It says "newcomb bros, good for 5 cent loaf of bread" I have never been able to find an example of it in any token books, or on the web.
Oh man, some of you really crack me up. I'll leave it at that.:dead-horse: Moving on... This is my rarest U.S. coin. At 96,500 minted, it is the lowest minted for the 1 cent Draped Bust by a long shot. This is the s-266 die state b, the scarcest of the die states. Die state is recognizable by the large cud on the obverse. It almost sounds like I know what I'm talking about! Thanks to the Early Copper collectors who helped me out with the information. Condor, Penny Guy, Mark_H, maybe the other Mark, and the other EAC lovers.
The rarest I have are: 1877 IHC (EF40, NGC) 1909 S IHC (MS65RD PCGS) 1909S VDB Mint Error Clipped Planchet (MS60BN, PCGS) 1912s Nickel VG-F 1916d Merc Dime FR-AG 1914 half dollar G-VG
The rarest I have is a Jane Pierce First Spouse uncirculated gold, mintage right at 3,333 -- but nobody cares about the series, and so it's not worth much more than melt. I'll happily swap it straight-up for any graded 1916 SLQ -- my coin is almost 20 times as rare by mintage, has over 150 times the bullion value, and is probably at least MS69. Heck, I'll even spring for the slabbing costs for both the quarter and the FS.
Well, I can't say this is necessarily rare, but since the OP did mention price as one of the options, it's a 2001-D Kennedy NGC MS68, Top Pop 5/0, business strike. It just sold on eBay for $213.50. What makes this "rare" you ask? Well, it came from a mint bag and the cost was 68c; the grading was a freebie on my renewal gift certificate, so my gross profit was 31,200%. Chris
Mine is an error. A couple years ago I picked up two of the '89 Congressional commems from the 'bay. I only wanted one for the collection but these two were sitting there with two minutes to go at under melt so I put in a bid at just a tad over and won them. I was "mildly" surprised when they showed up and one of them was the 180 degree rotated reverse.
Oops! I should have mentioned that my Kennedy missing the reverse clad layer came form this same bag. Its cost was also 68c, but I had to pay the fee for the Error Service. Chris
This pattern is Judd J-647, the copper nickel variety of the ten cent pattern - this pattern used the large cent hub for the obverse and approximately 24 examples were minted. It is not my priciest USA coin, but is the lowest mintage example I currently own.
Great Scottish (Money)! That is one beautiful coin! My rarest? Gotta be my 1915 Barber Half in PCGS VG-8 plastic.
