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<p>[QUOTE="fiddlehead, post: 2641506, member: 31286"]Further muddle. Ironically, PCGS estimates 2000 coins surviving and only 50 of those over ms60. Apparently this bears no relationship to the number of coins they have certified because:</p><p>Acccording to PCGS facts: </p><p><br /></p><p>large date coins: 605 of PCGS certified 1820 large date pennies are AU 55 or over. 559 are ms60 or over and only 89 are AU 53 or under! </p><p><br /></p><p>For the small date: 40 are AU55 or over, 27 of the 70 or so total are over ms60. </p><p>39 are 53 or under and 29 are 45 or under, which includes a few at the very bottom. So if you don't count the ms2 and 3's there are about as many XF or less as there are Mint state coins that have been certified. I suppose the inclination to certify higher grade coins is substantial for this sort of coin, but wow! That's the impact of the hoard. And there seems to be no doubt that the small date is far less common than the large date in general. BTW, at NGC, where I could find the number of n-7's that have been attributed - there are 7. So it's an R what? Certainly not an R2![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fiddlehead, post: 2641506, member: 31286"]Further muddle. Ironically, PCGS estimates 2000 coins surviving and only 50 of those over ms60. Apparently this bears no relationship to the number of coins they have certified because: Acccording to PCGS facts: large date coins: 605 of PCGS certified 1820 large date pennies are AU 55 or over. 559 are ms60 or over and only 89 are AU 53 or under! For the small date: 40 are AU55 or over, 27 of the 70 or so total are over ms60. 39 are 53 or under and 29 are 45 or under, which includes a few at the very bottom. So if you don't count the ms2 and 3's there are about as many XF or less as there are Mint state coins that have been certified. I suppose the inclination to certify higher grade coins is substantial for this sort of coin, but wow! That's the impact of the hoard. And there seems to be no doubt that the small date is far less common than the large date in general. BTW, at NGC, where I could find the number of n-7's that have been attributed - there are 7. So it's an R what? Certainly not an R2![/QUOTE]
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