What are the most commonly submitted coins to NGC?

[BODIN]

Too much time on my hands again. I was curious as to which Lincoln wheat back was the most commonly submitted to NGC. That led me to looking which memorial reverse was the most submitted. Then I couldn't stop.... I DO have a life(sometimes). So here are some of the results, and some are quite surprising! I couldn't include every series. I'm sorry if I missed your favorite!

 

Business Strikes

1c

Indian

1877 pop- 2111

1909 s pop- 1741

 

Lincoln

Wheat Reverse

1955 S pop- 9169

1943 pop- 7055

 

Memorial Reverse

1995 DDO pop- 17212

2005 sms pop- 2374

 

5c

Jefferson

1943 D pop- 5133

2005 P sms bison pop- 3617

 

10c

Mercury

1945 pop- 4895

 

Roosevelt

1955 S pop- 2386

 

25c

Standing Liberty

1917 T1 pop- 5554

 

Washington

1946 S pop- 4733

 

States

2004 D low leaf Wisconsin pop- 6149

2005 P sms Oregon pop- 2997

 

50c

Walking Liberty

1943 pop- 14332

1942 pop- 14266

 

Franklin

1954 S pop- 6645

 

Kennedy

1964 pop- 3884

 

$1

Morgan

1881 S pop- 206578

1884 O pop- 171021

 

Peace

1923 P pop- 246918

 

Eisenhower

1977 D pop- 15219

 

SBA

1979 P pop- 985

 

Sac.

2000 P pop- 5711

 

Presidential

Washington missing edge pop- 42762

Washington P pop- 17346

 

Silver Commemoratives

Stone Mountain pop- 7187

 

Modern Comm

2001 Buffalo pop- 12510

2005 Marines pop- 11366

 

 

 

 

Proof Strikes

1c

2005 pop- 10276

2003 pop- 7336

1957 pop- 1608

 

5c

Jefferson

2005 Bison pop- 18635

2005 Ocean View pop- 18372

 

10c

Roosevelt

1964 pop- 6617

2005 clad pop- 6045

 

25c

Washington

1964 pop- 5430

 

States

Deleware silver pop- 10297

 

50c

Franklin

1962 pop- 18001

 

Kennedy

1964 pop- 20937

2005 clad pop- 6835

 

$1

SBA

1999 pop- 5013

 

Sac.

2005 pop- 16094

 

Presidents

Madison pop- 44316

Washington pop- 44189

 

Modern Commemoratives

2009 Lincoln pop- 17199

1987 Constitution pop- 15742

 

 

-- the winner is the 1923 P Peace Dollar at 246,918! Since its opening in 1987 NGC would have to grade an average of 27 per day INCLUDING weekends. Dang.

[coinman1794]

It looks like the most common coins were the most commonly submitted!

[bochiman]

I bet SAEs would eclipse that but they are missing from your list

(and, many do count them as "coins" since they have a denomination, even if they are NCLT)

[BODIN]

It looks like the most common coins were the most commonly submitted!

nope. not close.

[coinman_23885]

Moderns, generic classic gold, Morgan Dollars, Peace Dollars,late date Mercury dimes and late date Liberty Walking Half Dollars would be my guess.

[BODIN]

I bet SAEs would eclipse that but they are missing from your list

(and, many do count them as "coins" since they have a denomination, even if they are NCLT)

Sorry I didn't include SAEs. NGC had them hidden in the "Bullion" section even with their $1 designation. But you're absolutely right. the 2011 was a MONSTER.

 

749,269 $1 (P) have been graded so far.

 

That's an average of 1,328 graded per day since the release without weekends off. NGC must have a whole floor dedicated to SAEs.

[Coinbuf]

interesting results, and yes you have too much time on your hands

[coinman_23885]

I bet SAEs would eclipse that but they are missing from your list

(and, many do count them as "coins" since they have a denomination, even if they are NCLT)

Sorry I didn't include SAEs. NGC had them hidden in the "Bullion" section even with their $1 designation. But you're absolutely right. the 2011 was a MONSTER.

 

749,269 $1 (P) have been graded so far.

 

That's an average of 1,328 graded per day since the release without weekends off. NGC must have a whole floor dedicated to SAEs.

 

It makes me wonder how they can attain any accuracy. While I think NGC does a great job, it is another reason that I think people are crazy to pay large sums for "MS70 pieces" that are likely not MS70s. Unless they have a large pool of graders that focus on these, the graders must be annoyed and tired after looking at hundreds of these each day (assuming that there is more than one grader grading them).

[coinman1794]

It looks like the most common coins were the most commonly submitted!

nope. not close.

 

-- the winner is the 1923 P Peace Dollar at 246,918! Since its opening in 1987 NGC would have to grade an average of 27 per day INCLUDING weekends. Dang.

 

You have confused me...

[delta]

NGC has already graded slightly over a million 2011 MS American Silver Eagles, the exact number 1,004,725, of which incidentally only 8.7% received a grade of 70.

 

Edited to add the above doesn't include the mere 27,027 submitted to NGC in unopened boxes to be labeled 25th Anniversary Set, of which about 2/3 obtained 70s.

 

 

I bet SAEs would eclipse that but they are missing from your list

(and, many do count them as "coins" since they have a denomination, even if they are NCLT)

Sorry I didn't include SAEs. NGC had them hidden in the "Bullion" section even with their $1 designation. But you're absolutely right. the 2011 was a MONSTER.

 

749,269 $1 (P) have been graded so far.

 

That's an average of 1,328 graded per day since the release without weekends off. NGC must have a whole floor dedicated to SAEs.

[e1cnr]

that is interesting on the 2011 SAEs

 

how much more would 20 MS69s be worth than a mint roll of 20?

[mkman123]

thanks for doing all the work for us! I thought perhaps old gold was the most submitted as I see lots of them vs PCGS

 

[cpm9ball]

I wonder how many bodybags & no grades they've issued?

 

Chris

[Conder101]

Edited to add the above doesn't include the mere 27,027 submitted to NGC in unopened boxes to be labeled 25th Anniversary Set, of which about 2/3 obtained 70s.

That may be "mere" as in a number, but it also represents over 25% of the entire mintage which has got to be close to some kind of record. Even the over one million slabbed figure for the other 2011 ASE's doesn't come close to that kind of percentage of mintage.