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<p>[QUOTE="The_Cave_Troll, post: 63415, member: 1674"]484,000 originally minted with more than a million in existance today!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you are only counting original specimens actually minted in 1909 at the SanFrancisco mint originally bearing the initials VDB...I'd <i>guess</i> between 425,000 and 450,000. Remember that this was a collectable issue from the day it was minted. It was the first circulating US coin bearing a former President (who happened to be VERY popular, it was the design's first year of issue, and within just a few months everyone knew that it would be scarce since the design was changed. So many of these were saved that it is surprisingly easy to find MS64Red examples at EVERY show you go to. Here's a challenge, next time you go to a show ask each dealer if he has a MS64RD (or better) '09SVDB and just count how many you see, it will be astonishing!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one coin that will NEVER be rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The_Cave_Troll, post: 63415, member: 1674"]484,000 originally minted with more than a million in existance today!! :eek: Now if you are only counting original specimens actually minted in 1909 at the SanFrancisco mint originally bearing the initials VDB...I'd [i]guess[/i] between 425,000 and 450,000. Remember that this was a collectable issue from the day it was minted. It was the first circulating US coin bearing a former President (who happened to be VERY popular, it was the design's first year of issue, and within just a few months everyone knew that it would be scarce since the design was changed. So many of these were saved that it is surprisingly easy to find MS64Red examples at EVERY show you go to. Here's a challenge, next time you go to a show ask each dealer if he has a MS64RD (or better) '09SVDB and just count how many you see, it will be astonishing! This is one coin that will NEVER be rare.[/QUOTE]
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