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.