Coin Quiz — Pick a Rarity

Let’s suppose someone offers you, free of charge, your choice of several coins within a given series. (We can all dream, can’t we?)

In each of the following instances, which issue would be your best choice if you wanted to pick the most valuable coin?

1. Among Indian cents, this year is very famous, perhaps the most famous. Even worn specimens are coveted.

1. 1861
2. 1877
3. 1885
4. 1907

1. In the Morgan dollar series, if you could have a splendid MS-65 example of one of the following, which would you choose in order to get the most value?

1. 1879-O
2. 1885-CC
3. 1889-CC
4. 1904-S

1. This issue, of which just 24 pieces are believed to have been made, is by far the rarest Barber dime:

1. 1892-O
2. 1894-S
3. 1901-S
4. 1913-S

1. For a collector building a type set of classic commemorative half dollars (1892-1954), this issue is one of the hardest to find:

1. 1918 Lincoln-Illinois
2. 1928 Hawaiian
3. 1936 Bridgeport
4. 1946 Iowa

1. Only five examples of this trade dollar are known to exist, and the current  Guide Book of United States Coins prices a Proof-63 example at $2 million.

1. 1873
2. 1875
3. 1884
4. 1885

Answers: 1-b; 2-c; 3-b; 4-b; 5-d