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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 754130, member: 9204&quot;]Maybe that&#039;s because they keep minting them... </p><p><br /></p><p>Mints have always been in a red queen&#039;s race to keep a sufficient number of coins in circulation, from ancient times to the present. The mint in 1963 estimated that 4.5% of all US coins in circulation were lost annually. Sure, there was more hoarding at the time, but factor in the decreased buying power and I&#039;m sure that the figures have kept up.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Don&#039;t believe me? This is a topic that has been very important to my research. Check out these articles:</p><p><br /></p><p>Newton, Douglas P. &quot;Found Coins as Indicators of Coins in Circulation: Testing Some Assumptions&quot; <i>European Journal of Archaeology</i> (2006)</p><p><br /></p><p>Cole, T. J. &quot;The Lifetime of Coins in Circulation&quot; <i>Numismatic Chronicle</i> (1976)</p><p><br /></p><p>U.S. Congress, Senate, Commitee on Banking and Currency, <i>Additional Mint Facilities</i>, Hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate<i>, </i>on S. 874, 88th Cong., 1st Sess. (1963)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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