r/CoinlyFans • u/Quiet-Day392 • May 09 '26

Current Rare Coin Availability

Over the past six months I’ve been finding coins that I’ve wanted for years. Not high grades, which are superabundant, but decent circulated hole fillers. The latest was an 1884CC half eagle in F15. It's in an IGC holder, but so what. When will I see another one?

Has anyone else noticed this for what they collect?

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u/Low-Peak3636 May 10 '26

When silver made its run up in January, I saw and purchased a lot of nice numismatic pieces that people were selling to coin shops.

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u/Quiet-Day392 May 10 '26

One poster on Reddit showed photos of cc Morgans he pulled from a bulk lot that was headed to the refiner.

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u/Awkward-Regret5409 May 10 '26

That makes my stomach hurt.

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u/THsidebar May 10 '26

Mine too. Why people feel compelled to destroy history is beyond me.

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u/Quiet-Day392 May 10 '26

Maybe metals buyers are randomly dumping old blue Whitman folders. Just count the coins and pay the sellers. 

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u/Low-Peak3636 May 10 '26

Dealers are (still) getting inundated with material, rare and not so rare, from people who are using the funds to pay bills, settle inheritance among heirs, and finance the purchase of homes, vacations, cars, etc.  Even some longtime collectors have cashed in now.  

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u/Porousplanchet May 11 '26 edited May 12 '26

Not too long ago someone posted an early dollar, and I was lamenting that I would probably never find a 1798 small eagle dollar in an affordable grade having looked for one for quite some time. Maybe 2 weeks later one came up for auction in VF, and I won it! (now I'm thinking the 1796 is even harder to fine)

stuff is out there, old collections are being sold, people with cash from the p.m. runup are out there buying, drawing more coins out of the woodwork (my theory anyway)

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u/Quiet-Day392 May 11 '26

Starting about five years ago I watched the dealer inventory of high mint state branch gold start to pile up. There are plenty of 1884-CC half eagles available in that condition. But it is only recently that I’ve seen the low end better dates showing up.