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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25905308, member: 10461&quot;]Key dates are, obviously, the toughest and most expensive dates in a particular series.</p><p><br /></p><p>A <i>semi</i>-key date is one that’s definitely rarer and/or more valuable than the common dates, but not necessarily at the top of the list of rarities for that particular series.</p><p><br /></p><p>In some series you might have maybe one or two key dates at the very top rung in terms of value, then behind those, two or three or however many <i>semi</i>-keys, and then all the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p>The terminology is rather loose, and eBay sellers abuse the heck out of it, often even referring to <i>common</i> dates as semi-keys.&nbsp; This is not the case.&nbsp; A semi-key must clearly rise above the rest in terms of value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Case in point: [USER=73995]@Pickin and Grinin[/USER]&#039;s 1944 Walking Liberty half is a common date.&nbsp; In MS65, according to Numismedia, it is <a href="https://www.numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/cgi/coinprice.cgi?script=wlkhlv&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=15015400&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms&amp;proof=&amp;plus=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/cgi/coinprice.cgi?script=wlkhlv&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=15015400&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms&amp;proof=&amp;plus=" rel="nofollow">a $119 coin</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>In MS65, also according to Numismedia, my 1938-D, a semi-key date, is worth <a href="https://www.numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/cgi/coinprice.cgi?script=wlkhlv&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=15013900&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms&amp;proof=&amp;plus=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/cgi/coinprice.cgi?script=wlkhlv&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=15013900&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms&amp;proof=&amp;plus=" rel="nofollow">$1,280</a>.&nbsp; (PCGS says <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/45620755" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/45620755" rel="nofollow">$1,600</a>.&nbsp; I actually have $1,500 in it.)&nbsp; That&#039;s because of its basic scarcity due to the lower mintage.&nbsp; But it is not especially rare in Mint State.&nbsp; There are some earlier Walking Liberty halves that are common in lower grades but worth even more than my coin in MS65 because of their rarity in Mint State.&nbsp; (Those are <i>condition</i> rarities.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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