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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3247398, member: 15309&quot;]Since everyone went into crickets mode after I suggested a way to prove it, I guess I will just post my results.</p><p><br /></p><p>E-Bay Current Listings:</p><p><br /></p><p>1)&nbsp; 1881-S Morgan Dollar MS65 = 634</p><p>2)&nbsp; 1881-S Morgan Dollar MS65 Rainbow Toning = 61</p><p><br /></p><p><b>9.6%</b> of the current 1881-S Morgan Dollars MS65 have rainbow toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heritage Auction Archives:&nbsp; I will list the number with rainbow toning per each page of 200 coins in the archives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Page 1:&nbsp;&nbsp; 34</p><p>Page 2:&nbsp;&nbsp; 45</p><p>Page 3:&nbsp;&nbsp; 48</p><p>Page 4:&nbsp;&nbsp; 33</p><p>Page 5:&nbsp;&nbsp; 43</p><p>Page 6:&nbsp;&nbsp; 37</p><p>Page 7:&nbsp;&nbsp; 36</p><p>Page 8:&nbsp;&nbsp; 20 (2007 coincidentally)</p><p>Page 9:&nbsp;&nbsp; 37</p><p>Page 10: 29</p><p>Page 11: 28</p><p>Page 12: 45</p><p>Page 13: 22 (about 3/4 down, we reached 1999 with no photos)</p><p><br /></p><p>Using the rounded number of 2600 sold by Heritage, there were 457 coins with rainbow toning.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>17.6% </b>of the 1881-S Morgan Dollars auctioned by Heritage had rainbow toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>The number per 200 sold was never below 10% and never above 25%.&nbsp; Based on this example, there is absolutely no evidence to support the claim that the number of rainbow toned coins in the market is EXPLODING.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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