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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 8475803, member: 101855&quot;]The gold dollars in the 1880s have low mintages, but by then the coin almost never circulated, and the vast majority of survivors are Mint State. These coins were collected, hoarded for speculation or used in jewelry. The Proof mintages were high, and the coins are the most common among the pre 1933 Proof gold coins, but many were ruined as jewelry pieces. For a couple of years, the mint actually made addition pieces to discourage hoarding because the low mintages would make people think that these coins be great collectors’ items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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