Are the mintage figures in the Red Book reliable?

The thing is, why is there any argument about mintage figures ? It is not really that much to do with coins' rarity...

 

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How many are left

During WWI, 270,232,722 of the Morgan’s were melted to support the war effort.
During WWII, 53,000,000, more Morgans were melted during this war.
Ironically, more were melted to produce the issue of the PEACE dollar, starting in 1921.
The Peace Dollars, in turn, were melted down during WWII. (Unknown quantity)
In 1979 and 1980, the Hunt brothers tried to corner the silver market by buying silver contracts from the Treasury, driving the price to about $80 a TROY ounce. Many (Unknown quantities) Morgan's and Peace Dollars were melted for their silver content.

 

Oddly enough that is sometimes the exact thing that amazes me. For example check out prices on the 1931D Mercury Dime. 4th lowest minage of the series and hardly any value. The 31S Lincoln Cent is another example. The books are loaded with such examples of low mintages and low values. Also, the reverse is occaionally noted where high mintages have high prices on some coins. I know there are reasons but it is weird.

 

Red Book lists nonexistent Presidential silver dollars

According to Coin World, the 2007 Red Book lists Presidential Dollars minted in silver. They even specify values for them. Does anyone here know something the rest of us don't know?

 

Sorry, my mistake. They were referring to the 2008 Red Book. It was on the front page of the most recent (I believe April 9th) Coin World.

 

Do you think it means there's inside information that the silver presidential dollars will be produced?

 

Nope, just a mistake on Whitman's part. To mint silver presidential dollars would literally take an act of Congress.

Anything Congress does is a matter of public record, and every major coin publication (and quite a few minor ones) pays attention to any legislation ever discussion Congress ever has with regards of coins. If any legislation passed, or was even being considered, to have silver presidential dollars minted, it wouldn't be secret for very long.