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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2052915, member: 42773&quot;]When it comes to ancient coins, mintage numbers can only be estimated, and those estimates are usually done by way of die studies. Even then, the experts can disagree by wide margins. The bottom line is, we don&#039;t know how many coins of any given type were minted, and likely never will. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even when it comes to certain rarities, it&#039;s possible that they were minted by the millions and destroyed over time. This is particularly true of silver and gold coins, which were frequently melted down to strike new types when a new emperor took over.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll find that the idea of mintage numbers plays hardly any role in the valuation of ancient coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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