Lowest-Mintage With Motto Saint The limited mintage amounts to only 22,000 coins, making the 1908-S the lowest-mintage With Motto Saint-Gaudens twenty. The San Francisco Mint did not solve all the production problems striking the new design, and double eagle production was suspended during the year. The coins would not “stack,” meaning a pile of ten…
The 1867-S was struck too late to participate in the big shipwreck recoveries, such as the S.S. Central America and the S.S. Republic. But the 1867-S was struck too early to be included in large-scale exports to foreign banks. Because of those factors, the issue is much rarer in Mint State than its mintage implies, even though XF to…
Tied for Highest Graded The 1908-D has a relatively low mintage of 148,000 pieces. Nonetheless, enough examples have returned from overseas bank vaults to allow collectors of the series to select a Mint State representative. The issue becomes scarce in Choice condition, and Gems are very rare. The NGC population is only 7 with none graded…
Buffalo nickel coinage at Denver in 1937 totaled more than 17.8 million coins. Although this mintage paled in comparison to the 79 million coins struck at Philadelphia, Denver produced its coinage with die pairs that were often stretched past their normal life span. One such die was became so heavily eroded that it was aggressively…
1874 Arrows Dime NGC PR67 Star This is a spectacular looking Superb Gem proof example of the second series of Arrows proof dimes put out by the U.S. Mint, these in 1873-1874. The surfaces on this Star-designated piece display wonderful eye appeal, due to their bold strike, pristine preservation, and beautiful patina in shades of…
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