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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3676865, member: 66"]You also have to consider that in the 19th century, for the most part collectors paid no attention to mintmarks. Most of the collectors were either on the east cost or at least the eastern half of the US, and typical collector activity was to contct the mint each year and get an example of that years coinage. This means that even for those years where the Philadelphia mintages are lower, the survival rates were HIGHER than the higher mintage branch mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Kentucky's example of the 1870 half eagle. The low mintage Philadelphia probably had a high survival rate so it is inexpensive, San Francisco had a high mintage so more of them survived, but the CC had a mid range mintage and a low survival rate so there are few examples still around today and the price is high.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3676865, member: 66"]You also have to consider that in the 19th century, for the most part collectors paid no attention to mintmarks. Most of the collectors were either on the east cost or at least the eastern half of the US, and typical collector activity was to contct the mint each year and get an example of that years coinage. This means that even for those years where the Philadelphia mintages are lower, the survival rates were HIGHER than the higher mintage branch mints. Take Kentucky's example of the 1870 half eagle. The low mintage Philadelphia probably had a high survival rate so it is inexpensive, San Francisco had a high mintage so more of them survived, but the CC had a mid range mintage and a low survival rate so there are few examples still around today and the price is high.[/QUOTE]
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