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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 14778, member: 824&quot;]I collect the 1972 DDO&#039;s and making sure that they are what they are is important for double dies and error coins.&nbsp; That is because I have seen variations that are less in value. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anacs is good at grading the varieties and for the #1 (the best variety) with distinctive doubling on &quot;In God We Trust&quot;, &quot;Liberty&quot; and the date, I would pay up to $400 to $425 for this coin if I needed and wanted it for my collection.&nbsp; Fortunately for me, I have a couple that I bought in years past.</p><p><br /></p><p>These 1972 DDO&#039;s are going up!&nbsp; This past FUN Show in Orlando, these coins were selling in PCGS graded MS65 RD condition around $450-$475 and you would be hard pressed to find this grade selling for less than $550 - $600 NOW.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not since 1955 has the doubling been as distinctive as the 1972.&nbsp; The 1995 has doubling, been no where as distinctive as the 1972 and the Lincoln grand daddy of 1955!</p><p><br /></p><p>*********</p><p><br /></p><p>As for coins with very low mintage numbers and relatively low market prices...</p><p><br /></p><p>It is all market related!&nbsp; For instance, Lincoln pennies are highly demanded because for the most part, that is where most of us began.&nbsp; Take a <b>1915S penny </b> versus a <b>1915S dime</b>.&nbsp; 4,833,000 Lincolns were minted compared to only 960,000 1915S Barber Dimes.&nbsp; So the prices you would think would be almost 5 times more for the 1915S dime over the 1915S penny?&nbsp; Well, according to the 2005 Red Book, an EF40 dime is $60 compared to an EF40 Lincoln at $40.&nbsp; Surely not 5 times more, but because more Lincolns and Dollars are collected versus dimes, the market forces are in place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take your French coin that was previously posted.&nbsp; I could care less about the French and their coins.&nbsp; I also think it is great that Lance Armstrong is going to win his 6th straight Tour de France (a record) in their back yard.&nbsp; The question is...who wants to collect them?&nbsp; Sure there a few collectors, but if you poll your average collector if he as any interest in French, German or Saudi Arabian coins, I would bet my collection that they would not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You always hear about Roman coins minted around the time of Christ and their prices are not near what Morgans or Lincolns get!&nbsp; Again, it depends on who wants them!</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, I like Lincolns and Dollars.&nbsp; Dimes and Quarters are nice, but not for me.&nbsp; Manybe it is that &quot;1&quot; stigma...either .01 or 1.00.&nbsp; Either way, market forces, age, mintage numbers, survival rates, are all relative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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