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Message:: [QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 6325570, member: 85693"]I got my first Jubilee Head crown 30+ years ago and I have been a big fan since.  As Donna mentioned, it is considered the ugly, and I agree, but over the years, I find they've grown on me. Prices for crowns (and silver in general) have gone up a lot in the past 30 years, but $47 still seems a bit high to me for one in this condition (F or so?  It does have a nice tone).  Mintages vs. scarcity has always puzzled me a bit on these.  No surprise that 1889 is by far the most common date to collect - it had the highest mintage.  But the next highest mintage is 1887 and these are very hard to find in circulated grades - people apparently hoarded them, or turned them into jewelry - finding one in F is really difficult.   All the other dates had lower mintages; the 1888 is kind of tough - maybe because of the Jack the Ripper date.  Also, 1892 is a "better" date.  But 1890 and 1891 seem to be quite common.  Here's an 1889 I paid $24 in 2016 (eBay).  That kind of a bargain used to turn up from time to time - with silver so high, probably not now:[ATTACH=full]1250704[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]