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Key Date U.S. Coins of the 20th Century

Category:  Other
Owner:  Teddy R
Last Modified:  8/13/2024
Set Description
This Set is inspired by the U.S. 20th Century Series Type Set category in the NGC Registry and consists of the key dates of those Coins. The set does not include gold, proofs, or inadvertent Irregularities.
Not all will be mint state, just the best affordable coins. Not all coins will be rare or valuable. Some will be what I consider the most significant or interesting coin for the series and I will attempt to qualify the coins in comments.

Set Goals
I have collected coins from all series' of 20th Century US Coins. I decided to downsize my collection but I could not choose a favorite series. I have decided to focus on quality over quantity and collect the Key Coins of those series. I will attempt to fill all of the slots and look for opportunities to improve on the grade of each coin I own.

Slot Name
Origin/Country
Item Description
Full Grade
Owner Comments
Pics
Indian Head Cent United States 1C 1909 S INDIAN
View Coin Lincoln Cent VDB United States 1C 1909 S VDB NGC MS 62 RB With a low mintage of 484,000 this is the King of the Lincoln Cent series. A mid-year design change to remove the designers initials resulted in the lowest mintage of all Lincoln Cents.
View Coin Lincoln Cent Wheat United States 1C 1914 D PCGS F 12 BN
Lincoln Cent Memorial United States 1C 1970 S SMALL DATE
View Coin Buffalo Nickel United States 5C 1913 S TYPE 2 NGC XF 45 Mintage: 1,209,000
View Coin Jefferson Nickel United States 5C 1939 D REV OF 38 NGC MS 65 Total mintage for the 1939-D Jefferson Nickel is 3,514,000. It is estimated the reverse of 1938 accounts for about 25% of those or approximately 878,600 coins.
View Coin Mercury Dime United States 10C 1916 D PCGS VG 8 Mintage: 264,000. The Key of the Mercury Dime series.
View Coin Roosevelt Dime Silver United States 10C 1949 S NGC MS 66
View Coin Roosevelt Dime Clad United States 10C 1996 W NGC MS 68
Standing Liberty Quarter T-1 United States 25C 1916 STANDING
Standing Liberty Quarter T-2 United States 25C 1923 S
Standing Liberty Quarter T-3 United States 25C 1927 S
View Coin Washington Quarter Silver United States 25C 1932 D NGC AU 55 Mintage: 436,800
View Coin Washington Quarter Bicentennial Clad United States 25C 1776-1976 NGC MS 67 Not a rare coin but difficult to find in higher grades. Only 21 graded higher by NGC as of 10/28/2023. Because of the design significance, this coin appears in all four editions of "100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins" and is ranked #78 in the fourth edition.
View Coin Washington Quarter Clad United States 25C 1983 P PCGS MS 64
View Coin Walking Liberty Half Dollar United States 50C 1921 D NGC VG 8 Mintage: 208,000
View Coin Kennedy Half United States 50C 1970 D NGC MS 64
View Coin Peace Dollar High Relief United States $1 1921 PEACE HIGH RELIEF NGC MS 63 Mintage: 1,006,473
View Coin Peace Dollar United States $1 1928 NGC MS 62 Mintage: 360,649
View Coin Eisenhower Dollar United States $1 1972 TYPE 2 NGC MS 64 The 1972 T-2 Eisenhower Dollar has as estimated mintage of 100,000 - 300,000. PCGS Coinfacts states that probably less than 40,000 exist in mint state, making this the Key of the Eisenhower Dollar series.

The 1972 Type 2 Ike is listed as #21 in the book "100 Greatest U.S.Modern Coins Volume 4"
View Coin Susan B Anthony Dollar United States $1 1979 P WIDE RIM NGC MS 65

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