Obviously worth a large premium due to the spectacular electric blue toning. Seal affixed after slab photo taken.
RARE business strike. Tiny 8,000 mintage, second lowest of ALL half dimes ever minted (1794-onward).
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Tiny 8,000 mintage, second lowest of ALL business strike half dimes ever minted. Many tallied in the population reports are misattributed proofs or resubmissions (or crossovers) of the same coins. Even so, population just 130 in ALL grades combined plus merely 87 at NGC.
TRADE SECRET: Easily MS68 by third-tier slab and raw standards even without the usual doctoring. Stick with NGC and PCGS, and ignore excuses from third-tier coin sellers (ask them if they will buy back for 90% less seller's fees as we will for this conservatively graded coin. Or even 10%).
A TRUE business strike, not a proof masquerading as such as sometimes seen in slabs.
Dealers and PCGS heavily market BILLION-mintage modern coins, which creates artificial demand, grossly inflated prices, and GIGANTIC profits. But they ignore this 8.000-mintage key because it is far too rare to promote and from which to profit, so demand and thus prices stay absurdly low. Seriously, $10,500 PCGS Price Guide for a 5.4 BILLION-mintage 1975 penny in two grades below MS70? And $10,000 for a "rare" 4.5 BILLION-mintage 1975-D cent in the same imperfect grade? We would not pay $5 for either. But PCGS Price Guide is just $2,500 for this 8,000-mintage key with gorgeous toning?
Most modern coins can be bought at or near face value, melt value, or Mint-issue price; placed in a $4 plastic slab (PCGS bulk rate); and sold for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. But try doing that with with this 8,000-mintage key. We only deal in truly rare coins, not fabricated illusions designed to make coin dealers rich.
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