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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 555458, member: 15309&quot;]I don&#039;t know how you are defining great condition, but my guess is that you are talking about some circulated grade.&nbsp; These coins were not originally meant to circulate.&nbsp; Just like present day commemorative s, they were minted with collectors in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mintage of this coin was a huge number, over 2.5 million for both years.&nbsp; Compare that with the 36,000 for the Lafayette Dollar or the 24,000 for the Isabella quarter and that should go along way to explain the Columbian&#039;s relative affordability.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Columbian is not challenging until you reach the premium gem status for either year.&nbsp; The populations of this coin in MS65 is in the thousands.&nbsp; This is a coin that I would only buy in either MS66 or MS67, anything less will be forever relegated to the rank of common.&nbsp; However, in premium gem, this coin is worth hundreds/thousands of Dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, the Columbian is not one of my favorite commemoratives.&nbsp; It seems that every single one is toned in cerulean blue.&nbsp; And that hair cut is just awful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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