Coins – October 2019

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Shown here is a 1927 Standing Liberty

Quarter graded MS66 CAC. NGC.

From the Joy Cline Collection of

Standing LIberty Quarters.

Images Courtesy of Heritage Auctions

1938-S, with a mintage of a little

more than four million. Accordin

to MW, an MS65 is about $12,and

it has full steps on Monticello,the

worth about $165. The least expen

the three in MS65 FS is the 1938-

a list value of $95. The coin’s designis by

Felix Schlag.

9. Jefferson Nickel, Last Yearof

the Original Design, 2003. This is

the last year of the Jefferson nickel’s

original design, as the 200th anniver-

sary of the Louisiana Purchase in 2004

brought changes to both the obverse

and reverse. With listed values of $3.

in MS65, the PR65 2003-S at $1 might

be preferable.

10. Mercury Dime, First Year, 1916.

The new dime featured a left-facing

bust of Liberty wearing a Liberty cap.

The Adolph Weinman-designed coin was

quickly dubbed a Mercury dime, and

the name stuck. Fortunately for us, the

combined mintage from Philadelphia and

San Francisco topped 30 million, which

means that neither coin is particularly

expensive. In MS65, the 1916 lists for

$105, the 1916-S for $235. In XF40,

the two list for $10.50 and $12, respec-

tively. With its lower mintage, the 1916-S

would be my choice.

11. Mercury Dime, Last Year, 1945.

With nearly a quarter of a billion struck

at the three mints, this is not a scarce

issue in most grades. MW assigns each

of the three a value of $26 in MS65.

12. Roosevelt Dime, First Year,


13. John R. Sinnock designed the

Roosevelt dime as a tribute to recently

deceased president Franklin Delano

Roosevelt. More than a quarter of a

billion were minted in Philadelphia, with

another 87 million at the branch mints.

Each of the three lists for $5 in MS65.

With its much lower mintage, the 1946-S

would be my choice.

13. Roosevelt Dime, Last Year of 90
    percent Silver, 1964. In the final year of
    regularly issued 90 percent silver coins,

more than two billion dimes were minted

in Philadelphia and Denver combined.

MS65 pieces list for $7.50 and $7,

respectively. A decent specimen should

cost less than $5.

14. Roosevelt Dime, First Year of
    Clad Issues, 1965. No mintmarks are
    found on the 1965 clad dimes, of which
    more than a billion and a half were
    coined. MW gives a value of $6 in MS65.


15. Standing Liberty Quarter, First
    Year, 1916. The Standing Liberty quarter
    was designed by Hermon A. MacNeil.
    This is the only problem coin for our
    first-year, last-year type set: Only 52,
    were minted. Even worse, the elevated
    date quickly disappeared with circula-
    tion. We have three options: leave a hole
    in our collection, save our money until
    we can afford a well-circulated speci-
    men, or use the first type (no stars below
    eagle) of 1917 as a substitute.
    MW gives a range of values for the
    1916 between $4,100 in VG8 and $26,
    in MS65. The 1917 Type I, by contrast, is
    worth about $125 in XF40 and $330 in

63.This strikes me as the best option.

16. Standing Liberty Quarter, Last

r, 1930. Although the 1930 had nearly

fourtimes the mintage of the 1930-S, the

two coins are priced identically in most

grades.Given the choice, I would opt for

the mintmarked piece. Values in desirable

grades are $42.50 in XF40 and $200 in

MS63, with the 1930 at $225.

17. Washington Quarter, First Year,


18. Although intended to be a one-year
    type coin honoring George Washington’s
    1732 birth, the Washington quarter contin-
    ues today. The original design was by John
    Flanagan. Mintages in 1932 were low at the
    branch mints but substantial in Philadelphia.
    Values for the 1932 range from $9 in G4 to
    $335 in MS65. The date is worth about $
    in XF40 and just $60 in MS63.


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Shown is the 1916 Mercury

Dime MS68 Full Bands NGC.

Census: 14 in 68, 0 finer.

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