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Message:: [QUOTE="Troodon, post: 135310, member: 4626"]Yep, see that a lot, where the lowest initial mintage isn't necessarily the key for some reason, usually because an almost as rare date was largely ignored and thus harder to find in higher condition.  Can see that with the Washington quarters; the 1932-S has the lowest initial mintage of the series, but the 1932-D is "key" because it was largely ignored at the time of the minting.  Even more dramatic example is the CC 20 cent pieces... even though the Philadelphia ones were minted in lwoer number, almost all of the Carson City ones were melted down and only a handful survive still. The 1950-D Jefferson nickel would be worth far more if people didn't know it was going to be rare ("rare" being relative term here, lol, 2.6 million is not rare, but it is less than any other nickel in the series), but so many people knew that it would be and saved it that even in high condition it's not especially expensive (can get uncriculated for around $25 or so).  Same with the 1970-D Kennedy half. Even the "key" Roosevelts are not rare by any stretch of the imagination, but tend to be a bit harder to find in high condition.  I suppose you could call the 1996-W the key, though it was never intended to circualte (though neither was the 1970-D Kennedy, but something has to be key in that series, lol...).  I may end up getting it just to be able to call my Roosevelt collection complete except for the proofs.[/QUOTE]