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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;srkjkd, post: 191067, member: 7248&quot;]i&#039;m trying to do ths from memory, but others will correct my errors as there are many&nbsp; excellent coin minds here.&nbsp; no, i don&#039;t believe any more are hidden away. in 62-64 obviously, silver was still standard coinage. youwould see half dollars circulating around commonly then. dollars were still available&nbsp; at face if you asked for them at&nbsp; a bank and if the bank had them. demand was increasing in late 60&#039;s and we were also getting ready to go to clad coinage by 65. as the banks responded to customer demand, they got deeper in the vaults. dates like the 04-O and also 03-O began to surface. these had been rare til then but the reason being is that stuff that hadn&#039;t been melted in prior years were just stored away. these were some of the dates and they were tucked away in bags of 1000. prices for both dropped after that as these came to light. by 1965 i don&#039;t think you could get them any more (silver dollars from bank). the gov&#039;t still had some bags hidden away or forgotten about til early 70&#039;s. most all of these were carson city mints and the gov&#039;t released these at auction, i believe in 74 (?). think the bidding started around $60.&nbsp;&nbsp; once again, i&#039;m doing this from memory but believe&nbsp; its correct. as far as mintage vs. prices...sometimes coins were hoarded like 50D nickels, 1883 no cent nickels which left many availble in mint state. if i recall, i think the 31d and 31s lincoln cents fall into this category as one had low mintage and everyone held onto it&nbsp; due to that, while the other got spent and circulated, hence a higher mintage more expensive in mint state than a lower mintage of same year. interesting...i hope this helps some and&nbsp; others with more knowledge will chime in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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