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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2451679, member: 78153&quot;]I have the 1965 edition and maybe the 1963.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to check but the point I was trying to make is that the premiums were much lower than universally accepted &quot;key&quot; dates.&nbsp; As an example, the 31-S cent is listed for $85 in &quot;UNC&quot; in the 1965 edition which was a lot of money for the typical person at the time, as in about one week&#039;s pay.&nbsp; This coin is certainly known to be common today and was obviously more common 50+ years ago.&nbsp; There was a perception of scarcity which didn&#039;t actually exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 1980&#039;s, I did read accounts of hoarding for the 55 quarters and halves because of the relatively low mintage but wasn&#039;t aware of the others.&nbsp; I don&#039;t consider these &quot;key&quot; dates today and to my knowledge, others don&#039;t either.&nbsp; This though the premiums appear to be inconsistent with the actual scarcity since many (maybe most) collectors are unaware of this prior hoarding and incorrectly use the mintage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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