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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3607892, member: 57463"]First, modern coins tend to get easily overlooked. So, congratulations on pursuing something for your own pleasure, rather than following the crowd.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, if you research The Great Silver Melt you will see that untold millions of these common coins went to the smelter. Now, true, the 32-D and 32-S were always known as rarities. Similarly, if you consult the Red Book, just looking at the mintages will tell you which ones are <b>relatively</b> "rare." That said, when silver went to $50 per ounce, it took more than marginal rarity to save a coin. I am looking at the 1940-D; 1946-D; 1955-D; and others with fewer than 10 million struck. </p><p><br /></p><p>But consider that nominally very common coins may now be somewhat harder to find than you might expect. One way to know, as a sampling, is to see if a local coin dealer will let you search their bulk barrels. Many dealers have plastic 5-gallon tubs with common silver. I filled most of a Whitman Mercury Dime book that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, not only were fewer coins struck in 1932 (P-D-S) because of the Great Depression, but those same hard times prevented people from setting the coins aside. Even ordinary people who were not numismatists have historically set aside the first year or last year of issue of a coin. But 1932 did not see that, so uncirculateds and other high collector grades are truly rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3607892, member: 57463"]First, modern coins tend to get easily overlooked. So, congratulations on pursuing something for your own pleasure, rather than following the crowd. Second, if you research The Great Silver Melt you will see that untold millions of these common coins went to the smelter. Now, true, the 32-D and 32-S were always known as rarities. Similarly, if you consult the Red Book, just looking at the mintages will tell you which ones are [B]relatively[/B] "rare." That said, when silver went to $50 per ounce, it took more than marginal rarity to save a coin. I am looking at the 1940-D; 1946-D; 1955-D; and others with fewer than 10 million struck. But consider that nominally very common coins may now be somewhat harder to find than you might expect. One way to know, as a sampling, is to see if a local coin dealer will let you search their bulk barrels. Many dealers have plastic 5-gallon tubs with common silver. I filled most of a Whitman Mercury Dime book that way. Third, not only were fewer coins struck in 1932 (P-D-S) because of the Great Depression, but those same hard times prevented people from setting the coins aside. Even ordinary people who were not numismatists have historically set aside the first year or last year of issue of a coin. But 1932 did not see that, so uncirculateds and other high collector grades are truly rare.[/QUOTE]
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