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<p>[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 951863, member: 24544"]I have a feeling the rare coins will increase in value more then the common coins. With that said I would look at series which are rare and out of favor with collectors at the moment. I actually think walking liberty half, Franklin half, Roosevelt dime, and almost any barber series coin have lower prices then their scarcity would indicate. If these coins come into favor in the future the values of their rare years will go up. </p><p><br /></p><p>An example would be the 1950 s dime with a mintage of around 20 million in MS66 sold on ebay for $40 versus 1915 D cent with mintage of around 20 million selling for 60 raw in AU condition. I know mintage is not the only factor in survival of coins, but that is my quick thinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Update. I quick search on heritage turned this up, 1950 s in MS67 sold for 60, in PCGS there were 180 in this grade with 7 higher with 1000 in all grades, so the MS67 is top 10%. an XF40 1915 D sold for 60 as well, and in PCGS there are 46 in this grade with 250 higher out of a total 429 in all grades, so the XF40 is around 40%.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 951863, member: 24544"]I have a feeling the rare coins will increase in value more then the common coins. With that said I would look at series which are rare and out of favor with collectors at the moment. I actually think walking liberty half, Franklin half, Roosevelt dime, and almost any barber series coin have lower prices then their scarcity would indicate. If these coins come into favor in the future the values of their rare years will go up. An example would be the 1950 s dime with a mintage of around 20 million in MS66 sold on ebay for $40 versus 1915 D cent with mintage of around 20 million selling for 60 raw in AU condition. I know mintage is not the only factor in survival of coins, but that is my quick thinking. Update. I quick search on heritage turned this up, 1950 s in MS67 sold for 60, in PCGS there were 180 in this grade with 7 higher with 1000 in all grades, so the MS67 is top 10%. an XF40 1915 D sold for 60 as well, and in PCGS there are 46 in this grade with 250 higher out of a total 429 in all grades, so the XF40 is around 40%.[/QUOTE]
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