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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 25888860, member: 4626"]1950-D is a funny story, actually... yes it's the rarest regular issue Jefferson nickel (technically the rarest is the 1938 proof, but talking only IFC here), But... everyone knew it was going to be rare, so even in 1950 people were saving them whenever they found them. As a result there are plenty available in high condition; in fact uncirculated/AU are probably MORE common than circulated ones, because of how many people saved them (why they're a rare find in roll hunting). Because the supply is more than enough to meet demand, it's easy to get them even in high uncirculated condition for like $15 to $20 or so. Even slabbed with 5FS probably would be in like $50-$60 range. (Also, it might be the rarest IFC Jefferson nickel, but they still minted 2.6 million of them.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare this to something like 1909-S VDB, or 1914-D, or 1922 plain Lincoln cents where it wasn't until quite some time after they were minted and people wanted them for their collections that people realized how rare they were. But when 1931-S rolled around... a lot of people knew it would be rare, which is why even though it's technically the second rarest IFC Lincoln cent, it isn't close to being the second most expensive, because so many were saved from circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose the TLDR version of this is: there's a difference between rarity and scarcity, which is why a lot of technically rare issues aren't worth as much as people would think.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. The rarest IFC Roosevelt dime btw, 1955, had a mintage over 10 million lol. Roosevelt dimes is probably the cheapest US coin series to complete if you only count regular issues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 25888860, member: 4626"]1950-D is a funny story, actually... yes it's the rarest regular issue Jefferson nickel (technically the rarest is the 1938 proof, but talking only IFC here), But... everyone knew it was going to be rare, so even in 1950 people were saving them whenever they found them. As a result there are plenty available in high condition; in fact uncirculated/AU are probably MORE common than circulated ones, because of how many people saved them (why they're a rare find in roll hunting). Because the supply is more than enough to meet demand, it's easy to get them even in high uncirculated condition for like $15 to $20 or so. Even slabbed with 5FS probably would be in like $50-$60 range. (Also, it might be the rarest IFC Jefferson nickel, but they still minted 2.6 million of them.) Compare this to something like 1909-S VDB, or 1914-D, or 1922 plain Lincoln cents where it wasn't until quite some time after they were minted and people wanted them for their collections that people realized how rare they were. But when 1931-S rolled around... a lot of people knew it would be rare, which is why even though it's technically the second rarest IFC Lincoln cent, it isn't close to being the second most expensive, because so many were saved from circulation. I suppose the TLDR version of this is: there's a difference between rarity and scarcity, which is why a lot of technically rare issues aren't worth as much as people would think. P.S. The rarest IFC Roosevelt dime btw, 1955, had a mintage over 10 million lol. Roosevelt dimes is probably the cheapest US coin series to complete if you only count regular issues.[/QUOTE]
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