About 30-40 years ago I accumulated a little over 100 SBA $1 coins. Those coins sat untouched all these years at the back of the safe. Until yesterday when I decided to check them out. Going through the nicely circulated coins I came across two 1979 wide rims. The picture shows the wide rims on top with a normal narrow rim on the bottom for comparison. The lot of them in my search: The two wide rims on top, obverse: The reverse: I've never been into varieties. Do these get any attention from collectors?
I think for the majority of collectors who likely do not bother with types/varieties it may be "neat" but "just another coin". But, with those collectors (like me) who try to get the different "types"/"varieties" it's super neat! Like, instead of just a 1981 proof (dime), a 1981 type 1 and type 2 (the S is different sizes). Super jealous of your find- congratulations! I've been struggling to find a Wide Rim. I've even looked through MULTIPLE boxes ($500 each) to try to find one.
The "standard " SBA set is 18 coins - 12 business strikes and 6 proof strikes. Not all of the business strikes were issued for circulation though, fyi. Here's a list I made. It agrees with the Red Book and you can refer to that in regards to mintages, relative "value", etc. Interestingly enough, no silver! I guess the point of my post is to say that the wide/narrow rim varieties are "commonly" considered collectible.
Never could warm up to these... I was overseas in the Army when these were issued. Nobody stateside wanted them so they sent them all overseas to pay us.... Nothing like getting fifty bucks to go out on the town and can't keep your pants up because the weight of the cash in your pocket!
As a variety they will always have a little bit of value. It really depends on the condition for value. 5 to 15 bucks in AU.
Some collectors like varieties and some don't. Wide rim SBA percentage is about 1-5%. Which is your average if they are all 79 P's. I see in the Red Book wide rims are listed for $22 compared to $6 for narrow rims in unc condition. I like varieties in most my modern collections. Like wide am for Lincolns and the other varieties like 1984 double ear Lincoln and 1964 DDR, some varieties can command some big money. Thanks for sharing your SBAs.
I agree with @CoinCorgi on the "standard" being the 18-coin set, since adding 3 additional varieties isn't much of a burden. Of course, it doesn't really matter what random guys on the internet think anyway.
