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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tmoneyeagles, post: 1855932, member: 17557&quot;]I don&#039;t know what the mintage numbers are for the shield cents thus far, but I&#039;d be willing to bet they were high.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Supply and demand is the key here.*</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the teen wheats had low mintage numbers and obviously low quantities of those dates &quot;survived&quot; at the mint-state levels.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today&#039;s situation is much different, as we have higher mintages and more/better ways to preserve coins. People in the numismatic world are better educated now than 100 years ago, so most likely we will see more coins of this era survive in the MS grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>With all this in mind, I&#039;d say there is no benefit to hoarding them. (But if someone could provide me with numbers showing otherwise, I&#039;d be open to changing my opinion)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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