Post your lowest "mintage" coin in your collection.

ACSearch lists this coin as extremely rare. There are only 3 listed. I have one not on ACSearch.

I enjoy it as I am intrigued by its odd denomination: 5/12th of an As.

The Quincunx: Roman Republic, Luceria Mint



AE Quincunx
Luceria mint, 210 BCE,
6.96g
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right "Pi" behind
Rev: The Dioscuri galloping right, five pellets below.
Ref: CR 99/4; Syd 309; S 912
Luceria mint,
Ex: Aegean, Ex CNG 42, lot 760 (part of) 5/29/97, Ex RBW collection with envelope
Comment: Rare denomination that was only made for one year.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

oh and on checking the US coin with the lowest mintage is my 2014 P high relief silver kennedy at 219,173...

 

My lowest is probably a J-125 3-Cent silver pattern of 1850. estimated mintage is about 50 pieces. My regular issue is an 1872 MS66PL 3-cent silver with a mintage of 1000.

 

I really don't know my rarest, but this one came to mind...Guatemala 4 Reales, mintage 7,664.

 

Oh, I like that design a lot.

 

This might be my lowest mintage coin-- 1871 Mexican gold peso, mintage 1,000

 

Maybe ask to move this thread to World Coins and then tokens and medals, overstrikes or other artistic renditions won't be posted. US is part of the World so people with US minted coins could post their lowest mintage legal tender coins, including those made by the FM for sovereign nations, as well.

 

1866 proof half dollar, mintage 725:


My lowest mintage circulating coin, 1824 Wurttemburg gulden, mintage 21,000:

 

1885 $2.50 Gold

 

Mintage 550

 

Bookmarked. Thank you for the resource! I had no idea that there was a full- on variety log of 3CNs - although it's hard to deny the wealth of varieties is enormous, especially being one of the first copper-nickel coins the US mint struck in large circulation quantities.

 

This was at one time a $500 hard cover book! Im glad its of use to you and others....your very welcome.
I like to add that over the years I've been very impressed by your knowledge ,and passion for our hobby.
I also appreciate your maturity contributing over the years with well researched post's, and your polite respect of older members. Its a pleasure reading your post. Thank you.

 

This thread is about "lowest Mintages "of" legitimate goverments" mintages...not vams, varieties...or counterfeits,over strikes of a business....that defaces another legitimate coutries money. Thanks.

 

You know Larry I believe that they used the same punches in 62 for both dimes and half dimes. The digits used on this specimen always looks so perfect,as well the style of the numbers. It is a smaller date well centered on both series....the digits very small and stylish.

 

Beautiful coin. Question though, is the picture not representative of the coin in hand? That coin (from the pic at least) looks like it should be DCAM or at the very minimum CAM.

 

Population of one!
I have never been able to find another example of this coin and only one obscure reference to it. That said, it's been years since I last tried.
Sorry for the cut off photo.

 

No worries thats very cool.....coin. Lucky find being 1 of a kind....the only issues I've had over the years
Is finding more information on a ultra rare specimen or value.
Its funny everyones wants your find.....but no one wants to pay a fair price.
I find the same thing with my varieties, it got so that I cherry pick just for thee find....telling quite a few dealers that they have more meat left on the bone.
One cannot afford everything one finds....but no one wants to pay you for your tip,or specimen.
I never let anything like your post go.....not until I am sure as to value.

 

19th century and early 20th century proofs seem to be cheaper than I would expect given their low mintages and over a century of attrition.

I thought these would be the lowest, with mintages around 4000-4500.


So I then thought this might be lowest, at 3100.


Or this, at 2,740.


But these IHC proofs turn out to be even more scarce.

3,200


2,740


2,350


2,195


With this Lincoln coming in at 1,725.

 

Ron you may want to use the link posted on the 3cn's thread I posted both you and John have nice 1888 specimens, that are pretty rare to begin with and the varieties even more.
RPD 004 proof strike

 

Mintage of 500.