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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;totally, post: 2468032, member: 80371&quot;]So I&#039;ve done quite a bit of reading on coin survival rates and made this account to comment here. So hi everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>The general consensus is that on 18th century us coins (not gold) that the survival rate is around 10%. I.e. Roughly 1750 1794 dollars were minted and roundly 140 survivor. 3900 draped bust small eagle halves and roughly 285 known survivors at my last count. (That&#039;s 1796-1797 the extreme key dates).</p><p><br /></p><p>On pre 1830 us gold, the survival rate is absolutely tiny. Less than 1% on a lot of dates. The epitome example is the 1822 $5 with 18997 (if I recall) minted and wait for it 3 survivors.</p><p><br /></p><p>On post 1900 coins, I feel like the survival rates are generally pretty high. Post 1900 key dates really bother me because of how many survivors they are the prices they get - a lot of demand that I feel is artificially inflated is around the 1909 S VDB, 1916 D merc, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will agree that there is a lot of demand for draped busts and especially coins with that &#039;17&#039;. I don&#039;t it&#039;s nearly as hyped or as misinformed as the post 1900 key dates at the moment though because so few coins have that &#039;17&#039; even compared to the post 1900 keys. </p><p><br /></p><p>These are the only coin types I can talk about with intelligence so I&#039;ll leave it at that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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