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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2420261, member: 78153&quot;]There can be a big difference in scarcity between pre and post 1933 dates in US coinage because 1933 is (apparently) when album collecting became prevalent.&nbsp; You can read an article in the Coin Week archives written by Greg Reynolds who discusses the subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>For 20th century US coins, mintages are usually a poor indication of scarcity.&nbsp; &quot;Low&quot; mintage dates like 55(D) quarters and halves were hoarded as were many others.&nbsp; So though the mintage is &quot;low&quot;, the coins are practically as common as dirt, except in the highest grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think much of many survival estimates published by Coin Facts, but I suspect they are at least directionally accurate for most 20th century US coins.&nbsp; In case you haven&#039;t noticed, their estimates exceed the combined NGC and PGCS population counts by a lopsided proportion.</p><p><br /></p><p>For most of these coins, I believe the actual supply dwarfs the number of collectors who do and will ever want it at the current price.&nbsp; The primary reason this isn&#039;t apparent in the price is because the supply available for sale at any point in time is a (miniscule) fraction of the total, many are hoarded and many more are owned by non-collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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