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<p>[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 3230931, member: 76105"]Key dates are generally the most expensive coins in a series. Semi-keys are also price outliers, but not quite as severe as keys. (Example: In the Indian Head Cent series, the 1877 is a key, and the 1872 is a semi-key.) There is no limit to the amount of keys in a series - Seated Quarters come to mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Key dates do not necessarily have to be rare or hard to find, but they can be. They just need a high value and often have high demand from people trying to complete the series. Case in point: The 1909-S VDB cent is not rare or hard to find by any means, but a lot of people collect Lincoln Cents and the 1909-S VDB just happens to be the lowest mintage and be the most famous.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, the 1796 Draped Bust large cent is scarcer than the 1804 - yet the latter is a key date, while the former is only a semi-key.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 3230931, member: 76105"]Key dates are generally the most expensive coins in a series. Semi-keys are also price outliers, but not quite as severe as keys. (Example: In the Indian Head Cent series, the 1877 is a key, and the 1872 is a semi-key.) There is no limit to the amount of keys in a series - Seated Quarters come to mind. Key dates do not necessarily have to be rare or hard to find, but they can be. They just need a high value and often have high demand from people trying to complete the series. Case in point: The 1909-S VDB cent is not rare or hard to find by any means, but a lot of people collect Lincoln Cents and the 1909-S VDB just happens to be the lowest mintage and be the most famous. In fact, the 1796 Draped Bust large cent is scarcer than the 1804 - yet the latter is a key date, while the former is only a semi-key.[/QUOTE]
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