Your Rarest RAREST Coin of All Time.. All Time!

Hey guys, BNB here with another curiosity thread..

I am curious to know what you all on the forum value as your most rare most precious coin.

I hate to pre-qualify, but I have to.

No cheap under $500 coins, sorry. They have to be worth at LEAST $500 and up.

Mine would be the 1937-D 3 Legged Buffalo Nickel.

 

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It's not my rarest coin, but it's my most valuable. I have a 1925 St. Gaudens Double Eagle.

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(1) Do we have to still own it? And define rare? That should make this more interesting.

 

I agree, there is a vast difference between "rare" and "valuable." Since coins worth over $500 is the requirement for this thread...then it's not about "rarest" coins it's about "most valuable" coins. My Double Eagle has a mintage of 2.8 million which makes it a common coin for the series. I have plenty of coins that are rarer.

 

You guys are going to get sick of seeing this coin :goofer:.







Philip I
AR antoninianus
Rome, 247-248 AD
blank obverse
AEQVITAS AVGG
Aequitas standing facing left, holding cornucopia and scales


I (and others) are of the opinion that this is a reverse brockage and a late state brockage, which is why the obverse has no strike! Very unusual!



stainless

 

Mines a 1924. I think my lowest minted coin might be my 1878 proof shield nickel.

 

I see the $500 thing in the OP now. After re reading it.

But, I posted anyways. BNB. take that part out, my coins aren't cheap, and neither are others just becuase we didn't pay $500 for them.


stainless

 

How about a 1946 inverted "S" lincoln cent. Extremely rare. ?? $100 ??

 

Most valuable? 1799 dollar, PCGS VF20.

Rarest -- dunno. Maybe my circulated 1938-D Buffalo?

 

do not have any more coins..but have a few rare notes..

RickieB

 

I guess none of my coins are particularly rare as the mintages are not super low on any except for maybe some of my Matte Proof Lincolns or my First Spouse Coins

But I do have many that are rare based on their condition. This one is definitely not my most expensive coin, nor is it a top pop coin like some of my others, but I think my 1909-O quarter is definitely one of the my most "rare" based on how infrequent it is available in similar grades. Plus there are only a few graded higher and most of them are in pretty strong hands.

 

Okay, there really shouldn't be more to this thread than it being your rarest coin. It can be one you own or a fantasy. It don't really matter but there can only be one and it has to be "in your mind" the rarest coin most valuable coin of all time.

 

My rareset, most precious coin is the first one that my daughter and I started our collections together with. We both started with 1941S walking liberty halves. I have not looked up the current book value or mint numbers but I can guarantee you I will not sell for $500!!

 

Gotcha ....but I don't own one of those coins yet. But one day I will.

 

I'm with you stainless , the amount paid for a coin doesn't make it rare , unless you're talking $500,000 , and then there will be coins that are rarer that cost $50 .
rzage:hatch::hammer:

 

Well, the strict generalization is that your rarest coin is not less than $500. I am not talking about your favorite coin here, but your rarest. Big difference.

 

Rare and valuable are not the same. Many beginners get the two confused. I have some Franklin FBLs of which there are only 30 or so, but not worth a whole lot. However, I have this 1806 half, which is an R-5 (30 or so known), and which is also rather valuable.

 

Who's "strict generalization?" Yours? If not yours, show me a source.

How do you come up with the conclusion that the rarest coin in ones collection is $500, mine cost me $50 and my second (my avatar) cost me $140something?

Did it ever hit you that a lot of us can't even THINK $500 coins, more less buy them?


As Rusty said:

Keep reading this until you get it. Notice he never used the word "favorite" in his entire post.

But, if it's a fantasy, no one can own it because it doesn't exist...so, how can it be my rarest?


Rarest and most valuable don't mix well.

stainless

 

No, you are talking about "most valuable" not "rarest." My rarest coin is not worth over $500, but it is my rarest. My rarest coin is probably my 1893 Morgan Dollar or my 1985-P Jefferson Nickel on an improperly annealed planchet...but both are much less valuable than my 1925 Double Eagle.

 

I would post a picture, but my rarest coin sells below 500$
and my most expensive sells more then 500$
big difference BNB.