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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 485365, member: 16510"]Not the 76-D and why not worth more?? It is not the 76-D but that one is very hard. Why is it not worth more than $1850 if it that rare?  That is a good question and several reasons come to mind.      "Rarity alone does not determine market value" 1. There has never been a gem one found, not even Unc.2. Die varieties in Washington's is not a super hot area.  (you will find this is the case in half dollars also dimes and nickels).Lincoln's are the most sought after die varieties as far as I can determine. 3. Most important and a lot of folks may not know this yet but it is too rare, yes too rare.  This phenomenon is easily explained though.  When there is just one of something or 5 or 6 pieces the chances of people getting one diminishes to the point that they lose popularity, or "it ain't worth it to hope for one".With any die varieity the perfect number may be 250 to 750 or more copies and maybe upward of 3000 of them so folks can eventually have hope of getting one and they are still rare.Remember there was upward of 25,000 1955 DDO's and 400,000 plus 09-S VDB's!With Lincoln's there are thousands of people wanting them with Washington Quarters it is quite a different story.Ben Peters[/QUOTE]