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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2883301, member: 66"]Those half dollar issues are actually rare so they just don't show up. That's why you may not see one for months. Demand may not appear to be strong but that is because the number of people that collect seated halves by date and mint is pretty small. But prices are high because the number of coins available is still less than the small number of collectors</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here you have the fct that the coins are fairly common so they show up all the time, but there are a LOT more Lincoln cent collectors that there are Seated half collectors and there are once again more collectors than there are for these merely scarce coins so the price gets bid up. And with a Lincoln cent up for bid there may be hundreds of people interested in it whereas in the case of a scarce seated half there may only be a dozen or two. So activity on the cent is higher.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2883301, member: 66"]Those half dollar issues are actually rare so they just don't show up. That's why you may not see one for months. Demand may not appear to be strong but that is because the number of people that collect seated halves by date and mint is pretty small. But prices are high because the number of coins available is still less than the small number of collectors Here you have the fct that the coins are fairly common so they show up all the time, but there are a LOT more Lincoln cent collectors that there are Seated half collectors and there are once again more collectors than there are for these merely scarce coins so the price gets bid up. And with a Lincoln cent up for bid there may be hundreds of people interested in it whereas in the case of a scarce seated half there may only be a dozen or two. So activity on the cent is higher.[/QUOTE]
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