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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 498607, member: 68&quot;]Thanks for the info.&nbsp; It&#039;s surprising that the average is so high.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that this is the difference between production and redemption.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of these coins have been lost and destroyed over the decades.&nbsp; They rotted away in landfills and burned up in fires.&nbsp; They were lost in floods and the area bulldozed to be rebuilt.&nbsp; They were thrown into fountains, rivers, and lakes for good luck.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also keep in mind that most of these missing coins will be low denomination because these aren&#039;t worth the effort to haul off to the bank.&nbsp; Most of them will also be heavily worn because this is what happened to the typical coin.&nbsp; If it weren&#039;t then high mintage coins from the &#039;50&#039;s wouldn&#039;t list for $1000 in unc.&nbsp; You aren&#039;t going to find many key dates or high grades among these missing coins and you&#039;re not even going to find many of the missing coins except for the low denominations.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The number of these in collections is still quite small because most coin collectors hate moderns.&nbsp; In fifty years there will still be few collections but then it will be because the coins are scarce rather than a lack of interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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