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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rodeoclown, post: 1340940, member: 34005&quot;]10 or 100, doesn&#039;t change the fact there are still only 2,630,030 of them total, which still makes them the lowest mintage in the series and to some collectors, a key coin to still collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Depends how you want to define &quot;key&quot; as well, which I agree mostly with you but there are still many different factors, scarcity, mintage, grade, etc. But there&#039;s still a demand for the 50-D&#039;s apparently or you wouldn&#039;t be paying $15 or more for them. I don&#039;t care about proof mintage numbers, those are on a whole other playing level in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never argued it was the only key date, I simply said it&#039;s a key coin in the series regardless if most are in MS quality. I think that&#039;s what also makes it unique that there are more in higher grades than lower grades and most now focus on how many steps are on the memorial on the reverse to really increase it&#039;s value. Hence why this one caught my attention, seller claimed 5.5 steps, I can count 5 but will confirm once I get the coin in hand. I think 5 or 6 FS 50-D&#039;s are gonna be key in this series and make them more valuable than just the MS60 with no steps or very little step detailed cousins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, every article I come across mentions and refers to the 1950-D as one of the key dates of this series. You can call it whatever you want, to me, low mintage (despite most of them in higher grades due to hoarding) still makes it a key date to me and as a collector. I&#039;ll tell you what, I&#039;ll get me another 50-D and keep it in my pocket and rub on it for the next ten years or so, when it&#039;s in VG or G condition, I&#039;ll sell it to you at a premium, which I doubt you would buy or anyone else would. Lower grade might be rare with the 50-D but I bet most aren&#039;t out buying them at higher prices than the MS60&#039;s or higher, which would go against your &quot;key date&quot; terminology of scarcity and rarity, which they would be but lack a demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, I think you&#039;re making too big a deal over this. I asked the opinion of one particular coin, not a whole debate over the 50-D not being a key date/mint in your opinion. I think at this point you&#039;re just :dead-horse: that was unnecessary from the get go. Most of what you&#039;re saying I don&#039;t disagree with and most of it I was already aware of. I just wanted the opinion on a coin I was eyeing to buy and did, that&#039;s all![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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