My Lowest Mintage Coin

This is my LOWEST Mintage US Coin.

Only 109,000 of these bad boys were ever produced!

What is your lowest mint US coin?

1795 no pole half cent!

 

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A few low mintage halves

1794 23,464




1802 29,890



1815 47,150

 

Mintage 460



This one is unique, but I don't quite think that's what you meant

 

Lowest mintage US coin I have is 1885 three cent nickel business strike, Mintage 1,000. Next is a 1915 proof buffalo nickel 1,050. Then 1882 proof dime 1,100.

In world coins I have three very low mintage Conder tokens, one with a mintage of 108, one with mintage of 31, and one with a coinage of 24.

 

Alright, my turn my lowest mintage US coin would be my Proof 2018W 1/4oz Gold Eagle I received for my HS Graduation. This coin from what I understand this coin has only a mintage of little more than 11,000 pieces.

In terms of my foreign coins that answer is quite complicated; however, it would likely be my 1828 Great Britain 6d which has a montage of 16,000 coins.

 

1864 Indian Proof, est. 150-170

 

6,600 minted, survived in all grades, apx. 400.

 

20,000 but high survival rate.

 

I think you guys are cheating by only mentioning the number of proof coins minted... okay, whatever, here’s my lowest mintage US coin:

G$1 / 1886
- mintage of about 6000
- NGC MS63
- much nicer in hand than in the pictures

 

Fair enough... there were 21,000 business strikes of the 1863 3cs. Survival estimate (PCGS) is 500 all grades. Of the 460 proofs, the survival estimate is 375.

True business strike coin with the lowest mintage, that would be the 1870 - mintage of 3,000 with 500 estimated to survive:

 

Proof lives matter too! They were minted just like everyone else

My lowest minted US coin
1912 MPL 2,145 minted

 

Errrmmm... there were 68M more Lincoln cents minted in 1912

 

Different mintage, different manufacturing method, different planchets preparation, completely different animal. That is why separate mintage figures are used. I'm sure some feel the same as you. There are also those that don't. Most definitely not "cheating" as you say.

 

Not a business strike cent. So it is a different mintage.

 

I didn’t mean it in a negative way. And yes, sure, a proof coin is a different animal.

 

Wow! These all put my coin to SHAME! :O

 

The thing to remember is that mintage is only one indication of value.

Survival is important... Several of the 3-cent silver's had mintage over 10,000 but nobody wanted them at the time, so they were melted in 1873 which is why there so few left.

Demand is the most important. If 5 million were made and only one person wants it it's going to be cheap. Heck if 5 were made and only one person wants it it's still going to be cheap.

 

Exactly. Just look at the ancients side of coin collecting. I own a coin from the 4th century BC where it is 1 of 3 known to exist. There is only one reference that I can find that even talks of it. Imagine if ancient coins were collected as widely as US coins, I'd be rich lol.

IMO, it comes down to what you know. How many coin collectors can tell you about the American Revolution? How many can tell you about the ancient city of Miletos from the 4th century BC?

Values arent based on rarity. When it comes to collectables, values are based on demand.

 

Mintage of 6,879, with an unverified number of that total presumably struck by Confederate authorities.