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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;drddm, post: 61773, member: 1837&quot;]Hi again,</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all for your opinions on deciding between the 1885 Nickel and the 1893 S Morgan as far as investment potential. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have done some research on the population reports from NGC and PCGS for these two specific coins and I believe the latest stats are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>1885 Liberty Nickel MS 64&nbsp; &nbsp; PCGS 68, NGC 43 </p><p>(Total for all grades PCGS and NGC = 716)</p><p><br /></p><p>1893 S Morgan Dollar VG 8&nbsp;&nbsp; PCGS 223, NGC 166</p><p>(Total for all grades PCGS and NGC = 5139) </p><p><br /></p><p>From my understanding, and please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but a coin that is considered more rare is one that is based not only on mintage but also on those surviving examples based on grade. This info is available in the pop reports. And, yes I do realize that pop reports are not always accurate reflections, based on people cracking out coins from holders and resubmitting for higher grades, but in reality, these pop reports are all we have to go by on the surviving examples. Of course, there are other third paty grading companies out there but the two most reliable and trustworthy as far as accurate grading goes are PCGS and NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, looking at the stats from PCGS and NGC, is it not apparent that the 1885 has fewer overall examples graded (in all grades, not just VG 8 compared to MS 64) by these two leading third party grading services, compared to the 1893-S?</p><p><br /></p><p>Granted, the mintage of the 1893-S is only 100,000 compared to the 1885 Nickel which is 1,476,490, but the number of coins graded in each of the grades that I can afford to buy right now, (1893-S VG 8 and 1885 MS 64) are considerably different. In my opinion, the 1885 is more rare as it is a coin seldom seen in MS condition and whenever it crosses the auction block, it usually commands a heafty premium. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please tell me what you think about the above info I just added in reference to my original question which was which coin has more investment potential down the road. I have not completely made up my mind and like some more feedback.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, yes, I do understand about collecting vs investing from the various posts. I may never sell these coins myself, but perhaps one day my kids will and I would like to have more to pass on to them in terms of worth when it comes to my coin collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for all your advice and opinions,</p><p>drddm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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