I figure anything under 100,000 low mintage-unless it is from a small island country or just a small country; such as Samoa or Andorra. Also, there are coin series that list as common, but there may be some rare coins in the series that are hard to get. For example, the U.S. Lincoln penny is listed as 5 in rarity, but I doubt there is one person on here that has a 1914-D or a 1909-VDB S.
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In the case of standard cirulation issues a year that may be only 10% of the normal amount.
Circulating commemoratives maybe 10k - 50k ... in most cases everything far below 1000 I deem a private issue (from a fancy pants ruler or mint official) and has no real use as circulation money.
It's a cop-out answer I know but - anything which has more people wanting it than there are surviving examples. Low mintage junk from Liberia might seem scarce with maybe 50,000 struck but if only 1,000 people actually want a guitar shaped coin made from chocolate commemorating the 113th anniversary of the self sealing plastic bag, then it's as common as dirt.
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Depends on the context:
- Has the entire mintage been released or is being held by the issuing authority? Has it been withdrawn/remelted?
- Coin's age and where it's from. If it's a circulating coin, how many are likely to have survived the natural wear and tear?
- Whether we're talking about a single year's mintage, a specific variety, or total for the type
For example, USSR 50 kopeks 1958 - a coin that was intended for standard circulation and had a mintage of over 40 million. Very few were ever released and the vast majority of the issue was remelted. Thus, these have a 4-5 figure price tag, despite a seemingly high mintage.
Chinese Pandas/Unicorns/Lunar Calendar bullion - all very popular series, both in China and the rest of the world. Early on, some years' mintage was limited to only 10,000. Because of how many people collect these, I would say, yes, 10,000 is pretty low.
Modern "Low mintage" commemoratives - countries like Canada, Nuie, Tuvalu, etc spam the numismatic market with hundreds or even thousands of these coins every year, many with a mintage of only 5,000. Is that low? Yes and no. These coins were never intended for circulation, so they're all high-grade and their mintage was artificially capped for commercial purposes. A mint might issue 5 commemorative coins with a 1 million mintage each, or 1000 coins with a 5,000 mintage. In the former case, a collector might buy all 5 coins and be done for the year. In the latter case, because there are so many more designs, the mint is hoping that you will buy more. While that might indeed happen, virtually no one is going to try to collect every single coin from that mint.
Greenland 1920s coinage had mintages ranging from 60-310k - They're all one year types. To me, that's a legitimately low mintage for standard circulation coinage.
it is older only 400,000 and not a modern commem. Many of the older coins I have are similar. So I think it's a function of mintage country of origin age and general desire ability in no specific order
For me, its not about mintage but about surviving/known pieces. 200-101 would be scarce, 100-51 rare, 50-11 very rare, and 10-1 extremely rare. I use the description 'rare' and below on my coin info pages.
Citação: "pnightingale" Low mintage junk from Liberia might seem scarce with maybe 50,000 struck but if only 1,000 people actually want a guitar shaped coin made from chocolate commemorating the 113th anniversary of the self sealing plastic bag, then it's as common as dirt.
Phil I NEED to know more about this 113th anniversary coin I LOVE Liberia junk commemoratives.... and one about self sealing plastic bags
Citação: "frankhammer"I doubt there is one person on here that has a 1914-D or a 1909-VDB S.
I have a 1914-D, why would you think no one would have one? It's almost 1.2M
No, offence my friend, but a 1914-D even in good condition runs for $200.00, and in xf condition it runs for $1500.00 dollars. Not many people saved them, despite over a million in mintage. And why don't you list it on your site? That would be a crown jewel in my collection. A 1909-S VDB in only good condition runs for $700.00. Do have one of them?
I just never got around to putting my US collection on here. I put the first two I could find to count the US as a country. I put my foreign stuff on here intending to swap but really haven't gotten into swapping either. Almost all US coins I need are very expensive so I never put them in because I didn't think there was any chance of swapping such expensive coins. I have a couple of half cents that are just under 40K but I would consider the 1916-D Mercury my crown jewel. I don't have a 1909S VDB unfortunately. It's the one Lincoln cent I do not have.
Citação: "Tovarich"I just never got around to putting my US collection on here. I put the first two I could find to count the US as a country. I put my foreign stuff on here intending to swap but really haven't gotten into swapping either. Almost all US coins I need are very expensive so I never put them in because I didn't think there was any chance of swapping such expensive coins. I have a couple of half cents that are just under 40K but I would consider the 1916-D Mercury my crown jewel. I don't have a 1909S VDB unfortunately. It's the one Lincoln cent I do not have.
Well, let's face it you are one of the few who have one. And, yes a 1916-D Mercury is even harder to get than a 1909S VDB. You obviously have a lot more capital than most of the rest of us. I noticed you even have a sovereign listed. With all the coins you got, you could swap to 300 coins easily. My main point was that just because a coin series is listed as common doesn't mean every coin in the series is common, and may even be very rare. My best Lincoln is a 1911-S.
Citação: "Tovarich"I think my grandpa had the 1914-D from when he was little and just saved it. I bought the 16-D Mercury about 25 years ago, not that much capital.
I kind of figured you may have inherited the 1914D. If you want to swap, Pnightingale, who commented on this thread, might be a good place to test the waters. Bam777 would be good, too; not sure if he trades too much. I have only been collecting for 3 years, and I can see you have been coin collecting for decades. So there's not much if anything you might be interested in my collection. You would be what I call a high end collector-so that's who you might best want to swap with. Maybe some auction sites might be good for coins you need. That Seated Liberty 1/2 dollar you have is a nice looking coin. You can even sell coins on here if you want-Paypal or whatever. Good luck on getting as complete a US collection as you can. That 1804 dollar might be tough to get, though lol peace
