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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 2432877, member: 36230&quot;]After your previous mention of this I did a short and very quick scan of completed listings. My impression was that most had been taken from sets or sold as gen uncs, but again this was only a very quick scan through part of the first page. If circ examples of this date/mint are in fact selling that high, I too would be very interested to know why.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Survival is more important than mintage even if in some cases both numbers are far too large to really matter. A good example of this was the 1903-O Morgan, which was considered the great rarity of the series and commanded extreme premiums prior to the discovery of, if I recall correctly, a number of mint bags in the early 60&#039;s. If one looked only at the mintage prior to said discovery, they would assume it to have been a fairly common coin even though this was far from the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am far from familiar with the histories and availability of such coins, and is why I tagged (?) the gentleman in my first post. If I am remembering the name correctly, I&#039;ve always been very impressed with his knowledge in this area, so perhaps he&#039;ll chime in and shed some light on the subject. Perhaps there&#039;s an interesting little history lesson in here somewhere.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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