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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 4492513, member: 66"]Something to consider on the SS Central America.  Before it was discovered, the number of MS type 1 Liberty Head double eagles was maybe a dozen known total for all dates combined. In the Morgan dollars the 1898 O was also a major rarity before the early 60's releases from the Treasury. In early large cents there were four varieties that were known as the Big 4, If you had ANY of them it was a big deal.  The were S-48 the 1794 stared reverse, the 1794 Jefferson Head, 1803 S-264 Large date Small Fraction, and the 1807 S-276 Small 7/6.  In 1949 when Sheldon wrote Early American Cents the S-264 was an R-7 coin with maybe 7 or 8 known.  When Penny Whimsy came out in 1958 it was still a 6+ with maybe 12 to 15 known.  today it's a 4- with close to 200 known.  But for some reason it still lists at $5,000 in AG.  (Normally a 4- would barely command much if any premium)[/QUOTE]