...Makes the World Go Round
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Behold the grandeur of my curated collection, audaciously titled ‘...Makes the World Go Round’ aka ‘BDE 20th Century Business Types, No Gold.’ This assemblage, comprised exclusively of my most distinguished NGC-graded coins, is not to be conflated with a pursuit of mere technical perfection, for it is the essence of character and provenance that reign supreme here—not the tyranny of numerical grade.
This noble subset stands as the refined distillation of my magnum opus: the complete 20th-century collection, inclusive of gold. Yet, I must avow that it is the non-gold coinage of the 20th century that truly embodies the quintessence of numismatic artistry. While gold coins, resplendent though they may be, tend to exhibit a tiresome uniformity, the kaleidoscopic splendor of copper, nickel, and silver coinage commands my discriminating eye. Their myriad hues, intricate toning, and luminous textures transform the pursuit of the ideal specimen into an odyssey of aesthetic delight.
Indeed, such magnificence finds its zenith in the ubiquitous icons of circulation—the noble 1c Memorial, the dignified 10c Clad Roosevelt, the stately 5c Jefferson, the venerable 25c Clad Washington, and, of course, the august 1c Lincoln Wheat. Collectively, these paragons account for an astonishing 94% of all circulation strikes spanning the Gilded Century from 1900 to 1999. What follows is an erudite analysis of their rankings and proportional representation, presented with an air of intellectual superiority befitting such a momentous discourse.
01. $1 Peace HR 1921 0.0002%
02. $1 Bicentennial silver 1976 0.0020%
02. 25c Bicentennial silver 1976 0.0020%
02. 50c Bicentennial silver 1976 0.0020%
05. 25c SLQ T1 1916-1917 0.0023%
06. $1 Ike silver 1971-1974 0.0024%
07. 1c VDB 1909 0.0053%
08. 5c Buffalo T1 1913 0.0072%
09. 25c SLQ T2b 1925-1930 0.0137%
10. 50c Barber 1900-1915 0.0178%
11. 25c SLQ T2a 1917-1924 0.0263%
12. $1 Morgan 1900-1921 0.0310%
13. 25c Barber 1900-1916 0.0323%
14. $1 Peace 1922-1935 0.0353%
15. $1 Bicentennial 1976 0.0411%
16. 5c Liberty 1900-1912 0.0710%
17. 10c Barber 1900-1916 0.0773%
18. 50c Kennedy 1964 0.0800%
19. $1 Ike 1971-1978 0.0867%
20. 50c Franklin 1948-1963 0.0867%
21. 50c WLH 1916-1947 0.0904%
22. 50c Bicentennial 1976 0.0972%
23. 50c Kennedy sil-clad 1965-1970 0.1581%
24. 5c Jefferson silver 1942-1945 0.1612%
25. $1 SBA 1979-1999 0.1685%
26. 1c Indian 1900-1909 0.1766%
27. 1c Wheat steel 1943 0.2037%
28. 5c Buffalo T2 1913-1938 0.2189%
29. 25c Bicentennial 1976 0.3109%
30. 50c Kennedy clad 1971-1999 0.3967%
31. 10c Mercury 1916-1945 0.4983%
32. 25c Washington 1932-1964 0.6927%
33. 25c Washington sh 1999 0.8250%
34. 10c FDR 1946-1964 1.2281%
35. 1c Wheat 1909-1958 4.5980%
36. 25c Washington clad 1965-1998 6.6239%
37. 5c Jefferson 1938-1999 7.3148%
38. 10c FDR clad 1965-1999 9.8639%
39. 1c Memorial 1959-1999 65.7508%
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...Makes the World Go Round
By BlakeEik
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