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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2002362, member: 68"]A lot of moderns made for circulation are scarce even in chBU. </p><p> </p><p>This sounds incredible but it's true. If you define chBU as a well made coin from good dies that is still relatively mark free (MS-63+ and better) some coins like a '76-P type I or a '69 quarter are highly elusive. Sure, you can find one but only because someone tried to make a high grade and missed. You'll find one only because nobody is collecting these coins. If they were collecting them then there would be none on the market because there are so few in existence. </p><p> </p><p>Don't get me wrong. I'm hardly saying a nice chBU '73 nickel is a scarcity that should sell for hundreds of dollars. I'm merely saying that coins like this are scarcer than the '50-D nickel and it got up to over $200 in today's money at one time. There are lots of '73 nickels in pocket change and no '50-D nickels but there are no '73's over VF either and none in collections. You can find rolls of the '73 and a few are chBU but you can find them only because there is no demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2002362, member: 68"]A lot of moderns made for circulation are scarce even in chBU. This sounds incredible but it's true. If you define chBU as a well made coin from good dies that is still relatively mark free (MS-63+ and better) some coins like a '76-P type I or a '69 quarter are highly elusive. Sure, you can find one but only because someone tried to make a high grade and missed. You'll find one only because nobody is collecting these coins. If they were collecting them then there would be none on the market because there are so few in existence. Don't get me wrong. I'm hardly saying a nice chBU '73 nickel is a scarcity that should sell for hundreds of dollars. I'm merely saying that coins like this are scarcer than the '50-D nickel and it got up to over $200 in today's money at one time. There are lots of '73 nickels in pocket change and no '50-D nickels but there are no '73's over VF either and none in collections. You can find rolls of the '73 and a few are chBU but you can find them only because there is no demand.[/QUOTE]
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