whats your lowest mintage coin?

Lowest mintage for which I have pictures...Mintage: 700 (proof)

 

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That has to be one of the most lovely Conder tokens I have ever seen. An amazing piece that was wonderfully made.

 

i just wanted to see peoples coins. ive been collecting/selling for about 6 years now (i'm 29) and just wanted to see coins. i figured the lowest mintage idea would get people going

 

it doesnt matter what is impressive, it is having fun and seeing new coins. like the seated dime proof with that incredible toning, gives me something to look forward to. and it makes me wish i bought that half dime proof that my local coin store had

 

I guess then it would be have to be this 1836 half with reeded edge - Original mintage 1200 or maybe a bit higher, but quite low anyway.

 

1942 Proof Mercury dime 22,329. PR66.

 

Same here, I have the merc and the other '42s except the walker. I believe those are the lowest mintage coins I have.

 

I have a couple of Scottish coins of which only three are known to collectors but unfortunately I am having issues with posting images on CT lately - browser problem apparently.

I own a US pattern coin that approximately 24 are known, but again no more images using FireFix apparently.

 

This is the coin I post every time this question comes up. Mintage is estimated at 100. In his book The Two Cent Piece And Varieties, author Myron M. Kliman estimates proof two cent survival rate to be 62 1/2%. With 20 proofs known to be small motto's that would make this large motto one of about 42.

 

Here is my 1868 pattern 10 cent coin, twice the size of a nickel:



Mintage of approximately 24, this is the nickel variety - unusual because of the use of the Large Cent image on the obverse.

 

My lowest mintage, non-proof coins...minted in this century are the 2009 Unc (satin) 95% Copper Cents...mintage: 784,614 :hail::hail::hail:

 

1970 Equitorial Guinea 75 pesetas Abramo Lincoln: 4,390 minted. An interesting article on how this coin is similar to the Lincoln presidential dollar and pics are located here:

http://mintnewsblog.com/2010/02/abraham-lincoln-presidential-dollar/

Enjoy, TC

 

i met a guy who showed me his 1855 large cent flying eagle pattern, not sure the mintage on it but it was the first and only pattern coin ive ever seen. are there any that are affordable for the average person?

 

http://www.mrbrklyn.com/duggong.html

Maybe this one with a 2,500 mintage.

 

http://www.mrbrklyn.com/cave.html

This one is 1000 pieces minted

 

this is an ancient fertility goddess.

 

It's been a treat looking at so many great coins in this thread!

My lowest mintage coin is an 1872 Shield Nickel. I believe around 950 or so were minted. It's the first 19th century type proof I acquired for my U.S. Type Collection.

 

It was a private token. Thomas Sharpe specifically commissioned the token and he only ordered 48 pieces. He would have paid for the dies and the striking and some additional fee. During that time collecting of the Provincial tokens was a popular fad and several of the collectors would have private tokens made like this that they could use as trade bait for other rarities from other collectors.

 

Indeed, there were a few wealthy gentry in Britain at the time who really had nothing better to do than commission tokens of their own whim - kind of an interesting concept for us 21st century collectors. There were fantastic engravers, coupled with Matthew Boulton's steam powered machinery and voila; some amazing pieces were created.