Plenty of collectibles with 100000 copies or more still sell for thousands of dollars each: the 1893-S Morgan dollar was struck exactly 100,000 times, Porsche built some 78,000 of its 356, and PSA’s Unlimited Charizard count stood at 93,573 slabs in March 2026, with Goldin citing more than 105,365 by October. What separates them from the mass-produced items nobody wants is the same pair of forces every time: steady demand, and a wide price ladder by condition.
The interesting part is how differently the numbers behave. Most of the coins below have lost roughly nine in ten of their mintage, so the count that matters is survivors, not production. Graded cards run the other way: the number in slabs keeps rising. Below, each item gets its units made, what survives or is graded, and dated prices from the bottom of the condition range to the top, plus a rough floor value where the sources allow one.
As of October 23, 2026: survival estimates and price grids from PCGS CoinFacts; production from Porsche; auction results from RM Sotheby’s, Fanatics Collect, REA and Goldin; comic census figures as reported by CGC; card populations from PSA’s archived pages. Every total on this page is our arithmetic and is labelled.
Collectibles with 100000 copies, side by side
| Item | Made | Survive or graded | Low-end price | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-S Morgan dollar | 100,000 | 9,948 survive (PCGS estimate) | $2,340, Fair 2 (September 2024) | $2,086,875, MS67 (2021) |
| 1889-CC Morgan dollar | 350,000 | 25,250 survive (PCGS estimate) | $793, Good 4 (June 2026) | $105,000, MS64 (August 2025) |
| 1916-D Mercury dime | 264,000 | 10,000 survive (PCGS estimate) | $1,342, Good 4 (June 2026) | $300,000, MS67+FB (March 2020) |
| 1909-S VDB cent, brown | 484,000 | 50,000 survive (PCGS estimate) | $900, VG10 (July 2025) | $3,904 in MS65 (July 2026) |
| 1914-D cent, brown | 1,193,000 | 120,000 survive (PCGS estimate) | $123, Good 4 (November 2022) | $5,760 in MS65 (November 2024) |
| Incredible Hulk #181 | not published | more than 18,000 CGC-graded (April 2025) | not in our sources | $150,000, CGC 9.9 (2011) |
| Porsche 356 | some 78,000 | not published | $1,400, project coupe | $885,000, Carrera GS/GT |
| 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 | not published | more than 29,600 PSA-graded | $2,700, PSA 3.5 (April 2025) | $228,000, PSA 10 (December 2025) |
| 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. #1 | not published | PSA count not readable | $57, PSA 7 (February 2025) | $5,166, PSA 10 (REA, Spring 2026) |
| Base Set Unlimited Charizard | about 3 million (our estimate) | 93,573 PSA-graded (March 2026) | $215.21, PSA 1 average | $34,770, PSA 10 (March 2026) |
“Low-end” for coins is a recent auction of a PCGS-graded coin at or near the bottom grade; for the Hulk the CGC articles give no low-grade price, so the cell stays empty. Grade scales differ by hobby (coins use a 70-point scale, comics CGC’s 10-point scale, cards PSA’s), so compare price spreads, not grade numbers.
Coins: big mintages, few survivors
1893-S Morgan dollar: the cleanest 100,000 match
San Francisco struck exactly 100,000 of them. PCGS’s experts put survivors at 9,948 across all grades, or 9.9% of the mintage, with just 123 in Mint State and 18 at MS65 or finer. Even a worn coin is expensive: PCGS says values begin “well above $2,500” at Fair 2 and pass $6,000 at VG8. Recent Heritage results for PCGS coins run $3,782 for a Good 4 and $34,160 for an AU50 (both July 2026), and an MS63 brought $488,000 in May 2026.
The top is in another league. The single MS67 sold for $2,086,875 at GreatCollections on August 29, 2021, and PCGS notes a coin tied for second finest sold for over $1 million in August 2026.
1889-CC Morgan dollar: melted, then chased
Carson City struck 350,000, but PCGS says perhaps 93% to 95% were melted under the 1918 Pittman Act; it now estimates 25,250 survive (7.2%). PCGS writes that genuine coins under $1,500 are hard to find. A PCGS Good 4 sold for $793 in June 2026, an MS63 for $45,140 the same month, and an MS64 for $105,000 in August 2025.
1916-D Mercury dime
Denver made 264,000, and PCGS estimates 10,000 survive (3.8%), only 100 in Mint State. Per PCGS, even the most worn copies bring more than $1,000; a Good 4 made $1,342 in June 2026. The best-known coin, graded MS67+FB (Full Bands, a separate PCGS designation), sold for $300,000 at Stack’s Bowers in March 2020.
1909-S VDB and 1914-D Lincoln cents
These are the closest coin matches to a six-figure population. The 1909-S VDB had 484,000 struck and PCGS estimates 50,000 survive (10.3%); the 1914-D had 1,193,000 struck and about 120,000 survive (10.1%). Both are everyday-collector coins with real floors. A brown 1914-D in Good 4 sold for $123 (November 2022) and a VF20 for $390 (August 2026); a 1909-S VDB in VG10 sold for $900 (July 2025). Red and red-brown coins are separate PCGS listings with higher prices that we did not read, so the figures here are for brown coins only.
A comic, a car and two rookie cards
Incredible Hulk #181
Marvel has not published the print run, so this is a graded-count comparison only. CGC said in April 2025 that its census held more than 18,000 copies of Incredible Hulk #181, 168 at CGC 9.8 and one at 9.9. A 9.8 realized $50,969 at ComicLink on April 21, 2025. An earlier CGC article reports a 9.8 at $146,000 in an October ComicLink sale, when CGC counted 148 at that grade; the article prints no year, so we cannot date it beyond that. The single 9.9 sold for $150,000 in 2011. The fall from $146,000 to $50,969 for the same grade is a reminder that top-grade prices move both ways.
Porsche 356
Porsche dates the first road-registered 356 to 1948 and says some 78,000 had been built when it ended in 1965. Porsche does not publish a survivor count, and we found no primary source for one. RM Sotheby’s results show the condition ladder in car form: a project coupe from its Junkyard sale at $1,400, a 1963 356 B coupe from the same collection at $8,400, restored coupes at $79,520 (Arizona 2025), $89,600 (Arizona 2026) and $179,200 (Monterey 2026), and a rare 1959 Carrera GS/GT at $885,000. The Carrera is a different, rarer model, so its price is not the top of the same ladder; the restored-coupe range is the fairer comparison.
Michael Jordan and Ken Griffey Jr. rookies
Two famous rookie cards show that a large population helps a card only when demand is deep. Fanatics Collect sold a 1986 Fleer Jordan #57 in PSA 10 for $228,000 on December 19, 2025, and its listing says PSA had assessed more than 29,600 copies, 332 (1.1%) at PSA 10. On PSA’s archived April 2025 records a PSA 9 sold for $21,700, a PSA 8 for $7,400, a PSA 5 for $4,450 and a PSA 3.5 for $2,700.
The 1989 Upper Deck Griffey #1 is the contrast. PSA’s February 2025 records show PSA 9s at $187.50 and $213.50 and a PSA 7 at $57, and REA sold a PSA 10 for $5,166 in its Spring 2026 auction. A PSA 9 Jordan brought about 102 times the higher of those two Griffey PSA 9 prices. PSA’s auction totals tell the same story at scale: 7,772 recorded Jordan sales worth $72,587,161.92 (about $9,340 each), against 16,172 Griffey sales worth $5,055,051.65 (about $313 each). PSA’s per-grade Griffey population did not load in the archived capture, so we give no Griffey total.
Rough floor values: survivors times the cheapest copy
A full “market cap” needs a count for every grade and a price for every grade. PCGS publishes survivors only as a total, not by grade, so for coins we can only do a floor: the survivor estimate multiplied by the price PCGS gives for a low-grade copy. Every surviving coin is worth at least about that, and many are worth far more, so the true total is higher. These are our illustrations, not sourced valuations.
| Item | Count used | Price used | Floor (our math) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-S Morgan dollar | 9,948 survivors | $2,500 (PCGS: worn coins start well above this) | $24.9 million |
| 1889-CC Morgan dollar | 25,250 survivors | $1,500 (PCGS: hard to find any below this) | $37.9 million |
| 1916-D Mercury dime | 10,000 survivors | $1,000 (PCGS: very low grades sell above this) | $10 million |
| 1909-S VDB cent, brown | 50,000 survivors | $875 (PCGS Price Guide, Good 4) | $43.8 million |
| 1914-D cent, brown | 120,000 survivors | $185 (PCGS Price Guide, Good 4) | $22.2 million |
| Unlimited Charizard, PSA only | 93,573 slabs | $215.21 (PSA 1 average) | $20.1 million |
For the Charizard we can go further than a floor, because PSA prints a population and an average price for every whole grade. Multiplying them out gives about $60.4 million for the PSA-graded Unlimited Charizards; the grade-by-grade working is in our article on how much all Unlimited Charizards are worth. We do not total the Jordan, Hulk or Porsche: the Jordan’s count by grade, the Hulk’s low-grade prices and the Porsche’s survivor count are not in any source we could read.
The PCGS Price Guide figures for the two cents are dealer guide values, not sales; the actual Good 4 auction results we have ($123 for the 1914-D, $693 for the 1909-S VDB back in December 2012) are lower. Read the floors as orders of magnitude.
What the comparison says about the Unlimited Charizard
Its scarcity is about condition, not count. PSA had graded 93,573 Unlimited Charizards by March 2026, and a Goldin lot listing from October 2026 puts PSA’s tally above 105,365. That is more slabs than the 1893-S, 1889-CC, 1916-D and 1909-S VDB have survivors, and in the same range as the 1914-D cent’s estimated survivors. Yet the low end of the Charizard ladder (a PSA 1 averaged $215.21) sits close to the 1914-D’s worn-coin prices, not the Morgans’. For the per-grade picture, see the Unlimited Charizard PSA population by grade.
The spread from worst to best is similar in kind. On the figures above, a PSA 10 Charizard at $34,770 is about 162 times the PSA 1 average. The 1893-S MS67 is about 835 times the $2,500 worn-coin threshold; the PSA 10 Jordan about 84 times the PSA 3.5 sale; the PSA 10 Griffey about 91 times the PSA 7; the Monterey 356 coupe about 128 times the Junkyard project car. Condition is what collectors pay for in every one of these markets.
Supply runs in opposite directions. A coin’s survivor count only falls. The Charizard’s graded count rises as raw copies get submitted, and our print estimate of about 3 million suggests a deep pool of raw cards remains. That is the main reason a pop report alone cannot set a Charizard’s price. Our Charizard count pillar covers 1st Edition and Shadowless, which sit much closer to the Morgan dollars on scarcity.
The market is deep. PSA’s archived page records 9,917 Unlimited Charizard auction sales worth $6,617,774.96, about $667 per sale. That puts it between the Griffey and the Jordan on value per recorded sale, and Goldin’s $34,770 PSA 10 result from March 2026 is more than double the most recent PSA 10 sale on PSA’s own page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What collectibles have about 100,000 copies and are still valuable?
Good examples are the 1893-S Morgan dollar (100,000 minted), the 1914-D Lincoln cent (about 120,000 surviving on PCGS’s estimate), the 1916-D Mercury dime, the Porsche 356 (some 78,000 built), Incredible Hulk #181 (more than 18,000 CGC-graded) and, in cards, the 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie and the Base Set Unlimited Charizard.
Why is the 1893-S Morgan dollar so valuable if 100,000 were made?
Because most of them are gone. PCGS estimates 9,948 survive, about 9.9% of the mintage, and only 123 in Mint State. PCGS says even heavily worn examples start well above $2,500.
Is the Unlimited Charizard rarer than an 1893-S Morgan dollar?
No. PSA alone had graded 93,573 Unlimited Charizards by March 2026, roughly nine times the coins PCGS thinks survive. The Charizard’s value rests on demand and condition, not scarcity of the card itself.
How many Incredible Hulk #181 copies exist?
The print run is not published. CGC said in April 2025 that its census held more than 18,000 copies, with 168 at CGC 9.8 and one at 9.9.
Why is a Jordan rookie worth so much more than a Griffey rookie?
Demand. In the same few months of 2025, a PSA 9 Jordan sold for $21,700, about 102 times the $213.50 paid for the better of two PSA 9 Griffeys. PSA’s records also show far more money spent on Jordans across fewer sales.
How many Porsche 356s were built?
Porsche says it had produced some 78,000 units of the 356 by the end of production in 1965. How many survive is not published by Porsche.
Sources
- 1893-S $1 Morgan dollar — PCGS CoinFacts, read October 23, 2026
- 1889-CC $1 Morgan dollar — PCGS CoinFacts, read October 23, 2026
- 1916-D 10C Mercury dime — PCGS CoinFacts, read October 23, 2026
- 1909-S VDB 1C, BN Lincoln cent — PCGS CoinFacts, read October 23, 2026
- 1914-D 1C, BN Lincoln cent — PCGS CoinFacts, read October 23, 2026
- CGC-certified Hulk #181 takes the top spot in ComicLink’s April auction — CGC Comics, read October 23, 2026
- Hulk #181 CGC 9.8 sets a record at ComicLink — CGC Comics, read October 23, 2026 (article undated)
- 75 years of production in Zuffenhausen — Porsche Newsroom, read October 23, 2026
- Auction results search: 356 coupe — RM Sotheby’s, read October 23, 2026
- 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 PSA 10 (sold lot) — Fanatics Collect, read October 23, 2026
- Auction Prices Realized: 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 — PSA, archived by the Internet Archive, Wayback Machine capture of April 23, 2025
- Auction Prices Realized: 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. #1 — PSA, archived by the Internet Archive, Wayback Machine capture of February 6, 2025
- 1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie PSA Gem Mint 10 (lot 1873) — REA, read October 23, 2026
- Auction Prices Realized: 1999 Pokemon Game Charizard-Holo — PSA, archived by the Internet Archive, Wayback Machine capture of March 2, 2026
- Goldin lot: Base Set Charizard PSA Gem MT 10 (Pokemon 30th Anniversary Auction) — Goldin, lot page read October 6, 2026
- How many Base Set Unlimited Charizards were printed in total? — Pokemon Pricing, read October 23, 2026
- Goldin lot: Base Set Charizard PSA Gem MT 10 (sold March 2026) — Goldin, lot page read October 23, 2026
Population figures are snapshots of each grading company’s report on the date shown. Total-value figures on this page are Pokemon Pricing’s arithmetic (copies times a published price), labelled as such: no one could sell every copy at those prices at once. Sale prices are single dated results. This article is collector information, not investment advice. Pokémon and all card names are trademarks of Nintendo, Creatures Inc. and GAME FREAK inc.; Pokemon Pricing is not affiliated with them or with any grading company.