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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3018581, member: 10461"]That's gonna be a <i>big</i> challenge!</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought an 1870-CC half for fifty bucks when I was a 15-year-old kid, around 1981.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was an ugly duckling- a FR02-ish coin with a permanent yellow stripe from an old cellophane tape stain across the reverse (the tape itself was long gone).</p><p><br /></p><p>But it was <i>real</i>, and the rarest coin I owned in my young numismatist days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm. Checking CoinFacts, I see the 1870-CC half had a mintage of 54,617.</p><p><br /></p><p>By contrast, my <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/dxa8ZDsV6U0KcPYCc1JP" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/dxa8ZDsV6U0KcPYCc1JP" rel="nofollow">1842-D half eagle</a> had a mintage of 59,608.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe that old 1870-CC half still ranks as the rarest US coin I have owned.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(Edit- nope- I had <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-old-seated-barber-dime-love-token-date-set.298730/#post-2779186" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-old-seated-barber-dime-love-token-date-set.298730/#post-2779186">1879 and 1880 dimes</a> in my first love token collection. Those had mintages of 14,000 and 36,000, respectively. So I guess that 1879 dime was the rarest US coin I've had.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Numismedia lists the 1870-CC half dollar for <a href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=sethlv&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=14618400&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=sethlv&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=14618400&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">$1,650 in G4</a> today. Wish I had that ugly old coin now! Fifty bucks was a lot of money to me when I was a kid in 1981. Sounds like a real bargain now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck! I'd say you've got your work cut out for you!</p><p><br /></p><p>That <a href="http://coinfacts.com/half_dollars/seated_liberty_half_dollars/1878s_half_dollar.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinfacts.com/half_dollars/seated_liberty_half_dollars/1878s_half_dollar.htm" rel="nofollow">1878-S</a> is sure <a href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=sethlv&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=14621300&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=sethlv&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=14621300&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">gonna be a killer</a>... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course that hole will forever remain empty if you "don't plan on spending much".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3018581, member: 10461"]That's gonna be a [I]big[/I] challenge! I bought an 1870-CC half for fifty bucks when I was a 15-year-old kid, around 1981. It was an ugly duckling- a FR02-ish coin with a permanent yellow stripe from an old cellophane tape stain across the reverse (the tape itself was long gone). But it was [I]real[/I], and the rarest coin I owned in my young numismatist days. Hmm. Checking CoinFacts, I see the 1870-CC half had a mintage of 54,617. By contrast, my [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/dxa8ZDsV6U0KcPYCc1JP']1842-D half eagle[/URL] had a mintage of 59,608. Maybe that old 1870-CC half still ranks as the rarest US coin I have owned. [SIZE=3](Edit- nope- I had [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-old-seated-barber-dime-love-token-date-set.298730/#post-2779186']1879 and 1880 dimes[/URL] in my first love token collection. Those had mintages of 14,000 and 36,000, respectively. So I guess that 1879 dime was the rarest US coin I've had.)[/SIZE] Numismedia lists the 1870-CC half dollar for [URL='http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=sethlv&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=14618400&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms']$1,650 in G4[/URL] today. Wish I had that ugly old coin now! Fifty bucks was a lot of money to me when I was a kid in 1981. Sounds like a real bargain now. Good luck! I'd say you've got your work cut out for you! That [URL='http://coinfacts.com/half_dollars/seated_liberty_half_dollars/1878s_half_dollar.htm']1878-S[/URL] is sure [URL='http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=sethlv&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=14621300&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms']gonna be a killer[/URL]... :nailbiting::greedy: Of course that hole will forever remain empty if you "don't plan on spending much".[/QUOTE]
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