Silver Libertad Key Dates & Mintage questions

Hello everyone,

I'm collecting Libertads now when I can, I know the Key Date is the 1998 1oz at 67,000.
If you look at 2017, the fractional pieces have way less mintages but do not have a very high premium at all.
Can anyone answer that? Are they just not as sought after as the 1998?
I also managed to obtain a 1999 1 oz as well since it is "low mintage", but a 2000 1/20th at mintage 57k is going for $16??? I just don't understand, why isn't there a very high premium on that one, there are plenty of years that have lower mintages than the 98 and are not $100 plus.
I also can't seem to find a true key date list for these.

Thanks!

 

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The fractionals are not as collected as the onzas.

Plus:

If you think about the $16 coin that is 1/20 oz silver, that is 75 cents worth of silver selling for $16. That is over 20 times silver content.

The 1998 is $300 and silver is $15. Also, 20 times silver.

 

makes sense about the price/silver content. To me $16 bucks is really good for something that was only made in the thousands or whatever mintage.

Last year I got really lucky and got the 1998 for $115!!!

 

Was it fixed price or auction? Are you certain it's genuine? Great deal.

 

Hmm.. it was fixed price. I guess it's fake then, but I will verify tonight when I get home. if it was then I should have known better.

 

I don’t know if it’s fake, weigh it and make some pics just to make sure.

 

Hey, don't give up hope, I really like Libertads too (and Onzas) and would like to have a 1/10, but the mark-up puts me off. I bought a BEAUTIFUL Libertad and thought it was a proof, posted pics here at CT and everyone Ooo-ed and Ahh-ed about how nice it looked, then I got it close to a magnet and "click" it stuck. Try a magnet as a quick first test.

 

seller who sold me the 98 member since 2012 with 592 positive reviews and 0 negative.

ok ill weigh it in tonight and take some pics.

***ill try the magnet too.

 

I don't think it's fake, but it's always good to check.

I opened this thread 4 years ago:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/guess-the-fake-sad-poll-libertad.242985/

and most voters got it wrong.

 

My guess would have been #2

 

My fake Libertad

 

You can really tell on the mountain peaks

 

Yeah, the one on the right looked like a gnome peeking out.

 

Here are the pics, I did the magnet test and it did not stick. Used an earth magnet to check. Hope I didnt screw up my cards since I placed it right by my wallet. I'll find out in a bit when I try to go buy something. It looks legit, the mountain peaks look right and everything else.

 

Looks good.

 

Got this one in last night, mintage of 1,700. I like the low mintage ones if you can tell