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<p>[QUOTE="Urban_Lawyer, post: 1552640, member: 36361"]I don't know if there is any way to know how many are still in the mint packaging. My understanding (and correct me somebody if I am wrong) is that in the era before 1982 it was typical for the Mint to publish numbers of sets made, try to sell them, and then melt down the rest after a period of time. Its possible the government itself is the biggest melter of these things. I know some of the silver Ikes from the '70s are rarer than the published numbers due to that practice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Urban_Lawyer, post: 1552640, member: 36361"]I don't know if there is any way to know how many are still in the mint packaging. My understanding (and correct me somebody if I am wrong) is that in the era before 1982 it was typical for the Mint to publish numbers of sets made, try to sell them, and then melt down the rest after a period of time. Its possible the government itself is the biggest melter of these things. I know some of the silver Ikes from the '70s are rarer than the published numbers due to that practice.[/QUOTE]
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