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Message:: [QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1025035, member: 26302"]Thanks, good to know. I would throw it out to anyone new to these that it used to be 3 keys though, with the 36d about half to 2/3rds a 32 d or s in circulated grades. I wonder if there has been price inflation on the 32's making them the only keys. At least from where I used to sit, the 36d was just as scarce in circulated grade as the 32 branch mints ever were, maybe more. If I were interested in the series anymore I would take a hard look at that coin. Its weird how key price appreciation has chenged what was/is key. The 1877 IHC is not that scarce, and is probably priced about 5 times, at least, more than its scarcity would dictate now. It must be a function of hoarders who only hoard what they consider the keys. I knew a "collector", (hoarder really), who delighted in telling everyone how many 77's he had and how many sets could not be completed because of him. He bought every 77 he say, having over 1000 of them. I always liked collecting semi keys, underrated scarcities, like the 36d is evidently now, like the 27s quarter is. That is the reason I brought up that story. Chris[/QUOTE]