Sleeper Coins~

Sleeper Coins. What do you feel is under rated, what have you done well with? Opinions? Comments?

Here are some of mine.

Under Rated:

1914-S Barber quarter. Same mintage as 16-D Mercury dime at a SMALL fraction of the cost.
Actually I feel that there are several post 1900 sleepers in this series including:
1911 D and S
1912S
1913
1915-S.

1912-S Liberty Nickel. It has shown some substantial movement but I think there's room for more.
The 1912-D has shown a bit of movement as well.

Three Cent Nickels: Not horribly popular but lots of low mintages. If the series heats up watch prices skyrocket.

I could go on but would like some input from others.


As for coins I've done well with. First would be the 1927-S Standing Liberty quarter. I used to pick these up at $6-8 in G-VG. Bid on G4 is now $30.
1872 Two Cent Piece. I may never buy another one. Picked up an XF for $400 and a nice AU at $500. Now I see dealers list them at over retail frequently $850 and $960 respectively.

Semi key Lincolns: Not even a Lincoln collector per se but always jumped on 10S, 11S, 12S, 13S, 14S, 22D and 24D when I saw them cheap. Seems to have been a good move.
Also stockpiled VDB and 31D.

As I stated looking for your opinions.

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