I really like the early US coins, but they are all pretty expensive. I currently don't have any. What is the cheapest 1700s US coin that can be purchased in mint state? Post a pic if you have an early US coin too!
UNC Colonial Sou Marque is $700 in red book, but I guess that really isn't us coinage but Colonial coinage,
nothing is cheap in ms. you could get some 1798 draped bust large cents in the 20-40$ range but they wont be pretty looking.
Uncirculated 1790s US will be expensive. Colonial coins are cheaper than I long thought. The Virginia halfpenny was hoarded back in the day; MS coins with some original mint red are easy to find - much cheaper than Red Book prices, that's for sure. As far as 18th century regular US Mint, consider circulated coins. 1798 Large Cent is the easiest. Certain Liberty Cap large cents aren't too bad. Liberty Cap half cents can be found, but start to get pricey. All of those are CRAZY expensive in true mint state.
If standard colonial issues are still too expensive, I recommend something from the Spanish colonial series. These were widely produced in the New World mints (Mexico City is particularly common), and circulated heavily in the United States prior to the 1860's.
Some Colonials that circulated in that time are not too expensive. I bought this 1723 Wood's Hibernia Farthing for less than $25.
don't know about MS but you can get fairly inexpensive spanish coinage that circulated in the colonies, plus they are pirate treasure too, can't beat that!
Sorry description said MS and I wasn't paying attention. Slab says AU and I know 50 is AU, just wasn't thinking, sorry. :foot-mouth: So that makes the runner-up a 1795 Flowing Hair Half Dime in MS-61 for $12,500. :yes:
If we are discussing US mint issues.... My first reaction to the question would be a 1798 large cent. It's going to be a pricey coin, in the $7.5k+ range, and likely more for an attractive example. A half dime might be very close in value too. The dime is probably next. The rest in mint state are going to be much more expensive.
p.s. a cheaper alternative -- something like a Pillar Dollar -- would be a great alternative. They certainly circulated in the USA as much or more than the US mint issues of the time, and a mint state example struck in the 1700s can be had for far less than any US issue.
I think the cheapest would be the 1773 Virginia half penny and it is still going to be in four figures. Another possibility would be a Talbot Allum & Lee cent (1794 & 1795). You might find one for just a couple thousand. And of course they would be significantly cheaper in AU. Another possibility would be a MS British half pence or farthing from 1770 to 1775. They did circulate here and a MS can probably be purchased for about a thousand. (It wasn't that long ago they were just a couple hundred.)
The new selling trick. I am gonna change all my fine and good coins to now be named MS12 or MS8 Soon every coin i own shall be MS!
MS 50? I could be lead to believe PF 50, like an impaired proof, but this is a new concept of an MS anything below 60 Edit, Never mind, I should have read all the posts, I just skipped through and didn't notice it.
