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<p>[QUOTE="Evan8, post: 24659044, member: 74343"]This is a problem with this list. I am not a high end collector by any means, yet I own 2 coins on this list:</p><p>My 1909 S VDB</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571629[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My 1921 Peace:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571630[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bonus: My 1928 Peace cause it has a lower mintage than the 1921.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571631[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571632[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1937 D three legger isn't a rarity. Look at the pop reports, it isn't rare, it is inflated like most US coins, especially those that every other beginner sees in the Redbook and wishes they could find in a bank roll or in an Ebay roll here in 2023. It's not going to happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>You want to see a true rarity? I own one. The problem with it, however, is that 99.99% of collectors don't even realize it exists. To understand this coin, there is only one printed reference for it. One specimen is in a museum in Delaware. I don't know where the second one is, but the third one is owned by me. Yeah there are only three known. And here is my one of 3:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571633[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571636[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's crazy if you think about the so called rarity of US coins versus any other coin ever minted from any time throughout the rest of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can spend over a hundred dollars for a nice common date Morgan dollar but yet spend literally nothing for this very nice 1929 Vatican 5 Centimes. The difference? The Morgan dollar had millions minted in any given common year. This Vatican 5 Centimes only had 10,000 minted and I paid under $40 for it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571640[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Holy Grail? There is only one Holy Grail. So if there must be a Holy Grail coin, there is only one option:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/62238_37658069_800x800.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Evan8, post: 24659044, member: 74343"]This is a problem with this list. I am not a high end collector by any means, yet I own 2 coins on this list: My 1909 S VDB [ATTACH=full]1571629[/ATTACH] My 1921 Peace: [ATTACH=full]1571630[/ATTACH] Bonus: My 1928 Peace cause it has a lower mintage than the 1921. [ATTACH=full]1571631[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1571632[/ATTACH] The 1937 D three legger isn't a rarity. Look at the pop reports, it isn't rare, it is inflated like most US coins, especially those that every other beginner sees in the Redbook and wishes they could find in a bank roll or in an Ebay roll here in 2023. It's not going to happen. You want to see a true rarity? I own one. The problem with it, however, is that 99.99% of collectors don't even realize it exists. To understand this coin, there is only one printed reference for it. One specimen is in a museum in Delaware. I don't know where the second one is, but the third one is owned by me. Yeah there are only three known. And here is my one of 3: [ATTACH=full]1571633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1571636[/ATTACH] It's crazy if you think about the so called rarity of US coins versus any other coin ever minted from any time throughout the rest of the world. I can spend over a hundred dollars for a nice common date Morgan dollar but yet spend literally nothing for this very nice 1929 Vatican 5 Centimes. The difference? The Morgan dollar had millions minted in any given common year. This Vatican 5 Centimes only had 10,000 minted and I paid under $40 for it. [ATTACH=full]1571640[/ATTACH] Holy Grail? There is only one Holy Grail. So if there must be a Holy Grail coin, there is only one option: [IMG]https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/62238_37658069_800x800.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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