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Message:: [QUOTE="World Colonial, post: 2484487, member: 78153"]Your opinion is also mine.  My further opinion is that these "key" dates were the result of a communication limitation where it used to be difficult to almost impossible to find them in circulation which is how most collectors used to fill their albums, as opposed to buying them.  When I started collecting in 1975 in ATL, I know of only one dealer who might have carried these coins in inventory, though I don't recall actually seeing any.  All of the others carried coins which were worth less, presumably because their customer base didn't buy coins at this price point.  Hence, their "rarity" and this perception has survived more or less intact, even though anyone who wants to know actually knows these coins are common to very common. The only modern that I would rate as a "key" is the 1995-W proof ASE outside of specialization, though I don't know if this view is the consensus opinion.  There are a few others which have high prices which I think are also disproportional to their availability, but they are few and far between.  An example would the 1998 specimen Kennedy.[/QUOTE]