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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 473604, member: 5233"].</p><p>I think that's just it...there's no supply to meet the demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, the article does make me wonder something as well. It says that Littleton purchased 360K unsearched Liberty Head's in the 1980s and only found 25 1885s, which is much lower than the average would suggest based on the mintage. What if there is a hoard of these things sitting somewhere waiting to be discovered. That would account for why it seems like there are far fewer than their should be. It has happened before. An example of this is the 1902-O Morgan Dollar. Before the 1960s this was a key coin and very valuable. But, a bunch were found in treasury vaults in the 1960s and now it is affordable. Now, I'm not saying a bunch of 1885s are sitting in a vault somewhere...but it seems like there are fewer than their should be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 473604, member: 5233"]. I think that's just it...there's no supply to meet the demand. But, the article does make me wonder something as well. It says that Littleton purchased 360K unsearched Liberty Head's in the 1980s and only found 25 1885s, which is much lower than the average would suggest based on the mintage. What if there is a hoard of these things sitting somewhere waiting to be discovered. That would account for why it seems like there are far fewer than their should be. It has happened before. An example of this is the 1902-O Morgan Dollar. Before the 1960s this was a key coin and very valuable. But, a bunch were found in treasury vaults in the 1960s and now it is affordable. Now, I'm not saying a bunch of 1885s are sitting in a vault somewhere...but it seems like there are fewer than their should be.[/QUOTE]
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