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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1188776, member: 26030&quot;]CoinGuy, that&#039;s an interesting point.&nbsp; It never occurred to me that so many may have been lost, misplaced, or damaged ... but it sort of makes sense since they weren&#039;t packaged in a special way by the Mint, just wrapped in tissue paper and put in envelopes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did a quick count of all the PCGS and NGC slabbed Matte Proof Lincolns dated 1912 (I picked 1912 just as a sample year) based on their online databases.&nbsp; The most common grade was PR64 (followed closely by PR65, then PR63).&nbsp; The most common color was RB (with BR close behind).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You are completely correct, the total ngc+pcgs slabbed population of 1912 MPLs is only 567, significantly lower than the listed mintage of 2,372.&nbsp; I can&#039;t imagine there are that many Matte Proofs out there that aren&#039;t slabbed by either NGC or PCGS (since it so hard to sell them without certification).&nbsp;&nbsp; So I am thinking the actual population of MPLs is probably about 25% to 30% of the listed mintages -- making them even rarer that I was originally thinking.&nbsp; Then when you take the subset of those remaining coins that have visual appeal you really do have a rarity.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]124570.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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