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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NetJohn, post: 711476, member: 16715&quot;]Top Ten... Hmm.&nbsp; OK, here&#039;s my shot.&nbsp; I&#039;m going in denomination order, not necessarily a true &quot;top ten&quot;.&nbsp; The &quot;no gold&quot; and &quot;only one per series&quot; is a killer, btw.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. 1872 Two-cent (mintage 65,000) - You seldomly find one from the 1870s, and other than the proof-only 1873, none are harder to find.&nbsp; Although Heritage archives list over 200, this is the only copper that I believe is &quot;rare&quot; that meets the year/mintage criteria, so I included it purely as the only copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. 1880 Shield nickel (non-proof) (mintage 16,000) - Last one Heritage sold was at a signature auction in 2007.&nbsp; Really.&nbsp; You can find more proofs (3955 mintage) at Heritage than circulation coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>3. 1912S Liberty nickel (mintage 238,000) - One I&#039;m looking for, and rarely find (and when I do, the grade/price are more than I can afford!)&nbsp; Not that rare, but I had to include at least three non-silver coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>4. 1871CC Seated Liberty Dime (mintage 20,100) - Probably the hardest dime to find.&nbsp; Only 4 sold on Heritage in 2009, 2 in 2008, all in big/signature auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. 1901S Barber Quarter (mintage 72,664) - I&#039;ve seen more 1913S (1) and 1896S (1) just at local shops!</p><p><br /></p><p>6. 1916 SLQ (mintage 52,000) - I had to include this one.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never personally seen one, although they show up occasionally on Heritage and Teletrade.</p><p><br /></p><p>7. 1870CC Seated Liberty Half (mintage 54,617) - Just 10 sold on Heritage in 09, only one online.</p><p><br /></p><p>8. 1854 Seated Liberty Dollar (mintage 33,140) - Try to find one, really.</p><p><br /></p><p>9. 1878CC Trade Dollar (mintage 97,000) - Another one that shows up only at signature auctions. </p><p><br /></p><p>10. 1893S Morgan Dollar (mintage 77,000) - The King of the highly collected Morgan series.&nbsp; Never saw one.&nbsp; Need I say more?</p><p><br /></p><p>Most research done via coinfacts.com, the Redbook (for mintages), and Teletrade and Heritage auction archives/listings, along with my experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>I soooo wanted to include the 1922 High Relief Peace, but I think that would fall in your &quot;no varieties&quot; part.&nbsp; If you allow the 1922 High Relief Peace dollar, I&#039;d replace the 1912S Liberty nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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