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<p>[QUOTE="World Colonial, post: 2411049, member: 78153"]This is my least favorite coin from all US coinage (and I don't collect any US any more). I would also rate it at or near the bottom of the preference scale among all US series by collectors of US coins in the aggregate. The only other that might be lower is presidential dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>On occasion, I have looked at the NGC and PCGS population reports and Heritage archives for this series, as I have for practically all other US. The counts in the higher grades and the prices appear to indicate that the series has a (likely very) small (but possibly not very hard) core following but that is all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like other US modern series, I suspect most of the higher TPG grade coins were "made" vs. bought at open market prices. You might get most or all of your money at resale if bought at "retail" but I wouldn't count on it any more than I would with most other coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="World Colonial, post: 2411049, member: 78153"]This is my least favorite coin from all US coinage (and I don't collect any US any more). I would also rate it at or near the bottom of the preference scale among all US series by collectors of US coins in the aggregate. The only other that might be lower is presidential dollars. On occasion, I have looked at the NGC and PCGS population reports and Heritage archives for this series, as I have for practically all other US. The counts in the higher grades and the prices appear to indicate that the series has a (likely very) small (but possibly not very hard) core following but that is all. Like other US modern series, I suspect most of the higher TPG grade coins were "made" vs. bought at open market prices. You might get most or all of your money at resale if bought at "retail" but I wouldn't count on it any more than I would with most other coins.[/QUOTE]
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