The New PCGS Top 100 Modern Coins

By Jaime Hernandez

For a decade, modern coin collectors have been anxiously awaiting the new list of the PCGS Top 100 Modern Coins. The PCGS Top 100 Modern Coins feature some of the greatest modern coins in existence that have been produced by the U.S. Mint. Recently, we updated the new list and published news of the revamping of the list of PCGS Top 100 Modern Coins in the previous PCGS Market Report. Many great modern coins were added to the list, while several others were already on the list, but some of them might have gotten shuffled around in their placement rankings because of new additions.

Some of the new coins in the list are scarce, while others are very special. For some of the coins, collectors have to be very patient to find an example for their collections, while others can still be found in circulation by sharp treasure hunters. In addition to publishing the list here in this issue of the PCGS Market Report, we are also making this list available online so that collectors everywhere can study and enjoy the new list.

The (2000)-P Sacagawea Dollar muled with a 50 State Quarter obverse is one of the rarest and most important coins of the modern era. PCGS TrueView.

1. 2000 Sacagawea/Quarter Dollar Mule

2. 2014 Narrow Reeding American Gold Eagle

3. 1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent

4. 1968 No S Proof Roosevelt Dime

5. 2020-W V75 Privy Proof $50 American Gold Eagle

6. 1990 No S Proof Lincoln Cent

7. 2000 Cheerios Sacagawea Dollar

8. 1964 SMS Kennedy Half Dollar

9. 1964 SMS Washington Quarter

10. 1964 SMS Jefferson Nickel

11. 1964 SMS Lincoln Cent

12. 1992 Close AM Lincoln Cent

13. 1992-D Close AM Lincoln Cent

14. 1995-W Proof American Silver Eagle

15. 2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle

16. 2008-W Specimen $100 American Platinum Eagle

17. 1972 Doubled Die Type 1 Lincoln Cent

18. 2004-D High Leaf Wisconsin Quarter

19. 2004-D Low Leaf Wisconsin Quarter

20. 1972 Type 2 Eisenhower Dollar

21. 1971 No S Proof Jefferson Nickel

22. 1970 No S Proof Roosevelt Dime

23. 1983 No S Proof Roosevelt Dime

24. 1997-W $5 Jackie Robinson

25. 2008-W Reverse of 2007 SP American Silver Eagle

26. 2000-W $10 Library of Congress

27. 2021 $10 Type 2 Unfinished Proof Dies American Gold Eagle

28. 2020-W V75 Privy Proof American Silver Eagle

29. 2015 $100 Proof American Platinum Eagle

30. 2014 $100 Proof American Platinum Eagle

31. 2019-W Enhanced Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle

32. 2017-W $5 Boys Town Centennial

33. 2021-W $5 Law Enforcement

34. 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle

35. 2000 “Goodacre” Sacagawea Dollar

36. 2007 Washington Presidential Dollar – Missing Edge Lettering

37. 1964 Accented Hair Proof Kennedy Half Dollar

38. 1984 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent

39. 1983 Doubled Die Reverse Lincoln Cent

40. 1999-W $10 Unfinished Proof Dies American Gold Eagle

41. 1999-W $5 Unfinished Proof Dies American Gold Eagle

42. 1995 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent

43. 2008-W $50 Specimen Platinum Eagle

44. 2006-W $50 Reverse Proof American Gold Eagle

45. 2011 Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle

46. 2006-P Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle

47. 1982 No P Mintmark (Strong) Roosevelt Dime

48. 2001-W $5 Capitol Visitor

49. 1996-W $5 Flag

50. 1996-W $5 Smithsonian

51. 1996-W $5 Cauldron

52. 1974-D Doubled Die Obverse Kennedy Half Dollar

53. 2008-W $10 Specimen American Gold Eagle

54. 2008-W $50 Specimen American Buffalo

55. 2008-W $10 Specimen American Buffalo

56. 2009-W $10 Letitia Tyler Spouse

57. 2008-W $25 American Gold Buffalo

58. 1970-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent

59. 2008-W $25 Specimen American Platinum Eagle

60. 2006-W $50 Specimen American Platinum Eagle

61. 2006-W $25 Specimen American Platinum Eagle

62. 2006-W $100 Specimen American Platinum Eagle

63. 2006-W $10 Specimen American Platinum Eagle

64. 2007-W $50 Specimen American Platinum Eagle

65. 2007-W $25 Specimen American Platinum Eagle

66. 2008-W $10 Specimen American Platinum Eagle

67. 2011-S American Silver Eagle

68. 2011-W $10 Lucretia Garfield Spouse

69. 2011-W $10 Lucy Hayes Spouse

70. 2008-W $10 Van Buren Spouse

71. 2008-W $10 Jackson Spouse

72. 2009-W $10 Julia Tyler Spouse

73. 2010-W $10 Buchanan Spouse

74. 1970-D Kennedy Half Dollar

75. 1995-W $5 Stadium

76. 1997-W $5 Franklin Delano Roosevelt

77. 1995-W $5 Civil War

78. 1996-D Paralympic Mint State Dollar

79. 1996-D Tennis Mint State Dollar

80. 1996-D High Jump Mint State Dollar

81. 1996-D Rowing Mint State Dollar

82. 1998-S Close AM Proof Lincoln Cent

83. 1999 Wide AM Lincoln Cent

84. 1999-S Close AM Proof Lincoln Cent

85. 1981-S Type 2 Proof Susan B. Anthony Dollar

86. 2001-D Buffalo Mint State Dollar

87. 1997 SMS Jefferson Nickel

88. 1998 SMS Kennedy Half Dollar

89. 1970-S Small Date Lincoln Cent

90. 1996-W Roosevelt Dime

91. 2009 $10 Margaret Taylor Spouse

92. 2005-D Speared Bison Jefferson Nickel

93. 1979 Wide Rim Susan B. Anthony Dollar

94. 2007-W $25 Specimen American Gold Eagle

95. 2008-W $50 Specimen American Gold Eagle

96. 2008-W $5 Specimen American Gold Eagle

97. 2007-W $10 Specimen American Gold Eagle

98. 2008-W $10 American Gold Buffalo

99. 2011-W $50 American Gold Eagle

100. 2006-W $25 American Gold Eagle

The new list highlights some new exciting coins, such as the 2014 $5 Gold Eagle with Narrow Reeding, with only about 40 examples known. Also entering the picture are the 2020W $50 V75 Privy Mark Gold Eagle with a low mintage of 1,945 and the 2019-S Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle, boasting a mintage of about 30,000. Some of these coins can be somewhat sleepers, as not many collectors know of their scarcity or their significance. This adds an even greater dimension of education value to this updated Top 100 list, which will help collectors gain a better understanding of the rarest and most important coins of the modern era.

Price Guide and has been a proud member of the PCGS team since 2005. By the time he reached his early 20s, Jaime was successfully buying and selling coins with some of the most prominent dealers and collectors in the country. Email: jhernandez@collectors.com