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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 269465, member: 66"]Those three wll be fun. The 99 and 04 will be costly. It is possible to get a 96 draped bust at a reasonable price (reasonable is a relative term), the problem will be finding one. At your typical mid sized to large show, other than at a copper specialists table, you will be lucky to find any 1796 draped bust cents. You will find more 1793, 99, and 04 cents than you will 96 draped bust cents. It is odd, the mintage of the 96 bust is three times that of the 96 caps, but you will find about one 96 bust for every ten to fifteen 96 caps. And you don't see a lot of 96 caps either.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So hold out for the problem free coin for tens of thousands of dollars. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I can't do that and I can't justify sinking a couple years income into a single coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Depending on the variety a LOT more than $2K[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 269465, member: 66"]Those three wll be fun. The 99 and 04 will be costly. It is possible to get a 96 draped bust at a reasonable price (reasonable is a relative term), the problem will be finding one. At your typical mid sized to large show, other than at a copper specialists table, you will be lucky to find any 1796 draped bust cents. You will find more 1793, 99, and 04 cents than you will 96 draped bust cents. It is odd, the mintage of the 96 bust is three times that of the 96 caps, but you will find about one 96 bust for every ten to fifteen 96 caps. And you don't see a lot of 96 caps either. So hold out for the problem free coin for tens of thousands of dollars. :) I can't do that and I can't justify sinking a couple years income into a single coin. Depending on the variety a LOT more than $2K[/QUOTE]
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