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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2438094, member: 78153&quot;]My comments were not intended to apply to a series like seated coinage.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure how many type set collectors opt for &quot;key&quot; dates and it probably depends upon one&#039;s definition.&nbsp; By my definition, the few I think of as keys are certainly scarce and sometimes rare but I don&#039;t see type set collectors preferring them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I make this comment is because some of the pre-1858 proofs are rare even by my definition but the ones in lower grades are &quot;cheap&quot; by US standards in lower grades.&nbsp; An example is the 1857 quarter which has a mintage of 40 and I understand about 25 exist today.&nbsp; In PR-63, I think it is worth about $5000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Far more common dates (as in mintages of somewhat over 500) in grades of 65 CAM seem to sell for the same or more.&nbsp; I might not have the specifics correct but anyone can verify this claim generically.&nbsp; I presume most seated proof buyers are either type set collectors or just buy one example in isolation and prefer these better more common coins over the scarcer lower quality examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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