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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 2150052, member: 44357&quot;]Great post. The survival rates of coins has always been a very intriguing topic to me. I suspect that one of the factors which would have resulted in fewer coins surviving is the debasement of currency. As each denomination dropped in value/purity, older coins remained relatively more valuable. This would have caused some buried/saved coins to come to surface in the interest of recycling and aligning with the current valuation, making earlier coins rarer than later ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find the survival rates of US coins to also be particularly intriguing. Many coins as young as the 19th century have a &lt; 5% survival rate, and some 18th century coins have a &lt; 1% survival rate. Comparatively speaking, ancient coins have done quite well!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Although I couldn&#039;t in good conscience say that I have a vast number of truly FDC coins. Granted, &quot;FDC&quot; is thrown around more often than I&#039;d personally like to see - it should really be reserved for particularly special coins like you&#039;ve described.</p><p><br /></p><p>A recent acquisition of mine which I (and the auction house from which I purchased it) believe is FDC is this aureus of Faustina: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Faustina_zpsmzy7ni8z.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conversely, my Zeus Lampsakos stater was cataloged as &quot;FDC&quot; twice, but I&#039;d just call it Extremely Fine especially because of the slightly weak reverse strike:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/ZeusLampsakos_zps48bjvunh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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