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collector, for many dates which were considered fairly common in uncirculated condition, such as the 1879-O and 1880-O Morgan dollar, were disclosed to be extremely scarce or rare in gem MS 65 uncirculated grade and gem MS 65 prooflike! With these disclosures by a respected expert in the field, the Morgan dollar market bloomed almost overnight. By the early 1980''s, it was the single largest area of collector interest in U.S. numismatics, simply because it was disclosed that in addition to the other benefits of 1. Beauty, 2. Quality, and 4. Low price, many dates in the series bahia gold maduro churchill also enjoyed a high degree of 3. rarity, in higher grade. the 1950-1970 cameo proof series is currently positioned at the same point the morgan dollar market found itself in the mid-1970''s. like the morgan dollar market at that time, the current cameo proof market has been enjoying increasing popularity among collectors with each passing year, despite the birth of published information on the subject. the fact is, high grade cameo examples of many of the rarer cameo dates are so rare that few dealers have ever seen such coins. the cameo proof series, like the morgan dollar series, has been crying for a comprehensive book packaging used for these earlier coins, it almost seems a miracle gold that any high quality cameos from the 1950 to 1970 era exist at all! the finest cameos, being early strikes off proof dies, are quite simply "the best of the best", for they are not only struck from proof dies, the finest possible dies, but are struck from those dies when they are in their most pristine, unworn state! there could not be a more striking difference between one of these first cameo strikes, and between a coin struck much later off the die - a brilliant proof. if one did not know better, one would think that the two coins were struck from two completely different dies! in a sense, they were. more correctly, they were both struck from the same die, but one coin was struck before that die had experienced the wearing effect of 100''s of tons of pressure of metal on metal, and one coin was struck after that die had experienced those wearing effects. the opportunity of owning gold scarce, attractive coins that also are the ultimate in quality for their era has a very special appeal to collectors. it also gives these coins tremendous "upside" potential, as it very hard to pay too much for coins that offer the collector the uncirculated roll of 20 1890 philadelphia (no mint mark) morgan dollars uncirculated roll of 20 1889 philadelphia (no mint mark) morgan dollars uncirculated roll of 20 1898 philadelphia (no mint mark) morgan dollars. a roll of uncirculated clad washington quarters from the 1970s (our choice of dates - roll will be all same date). ten rolls of 38 year old 1963 d lincolns, uncirculated uncirculated bank roll (25) sacagawea 2000p dollars "special purchase - 5 unopened proof sets (1956,58,59,60,64). rare in this condition. (return policy applies only if still unopened, as that''s the rarity of these items). 1960s may be large or small date-who knows??" certified (slabbed) 1956 franklin half dollar, certified (slabbed) 1962 franklin half dollar certified (slabbed) 1963 franklin half dollar morgan dollars were minted from 1878 until 1904. during world war i, many silver dollars were melted, and congress ordered the supply to be replenished after the war. there''s a modern rarity which you may find in the change in your pocket. many people may remember the hearing about the 1943 copper penny, which is worth many thousands of dollars, gold but the chances of finding one are about the same as winning
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