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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 604820, member: 66"]Leadfoot has it.  It's what I call the "IT'S GOING TO BE RECALLED!!" rumour.  Every time a coin or piece of paper money comes out and there is something odd about it and the design is changed  etc etc etc, the "story" quickly starts spreading that they are going to be recalled and they will be rare.  So everyone starts hoard them.  In the case of the 1883 no cent everyone gathered up and hoarded the no cent coins but since the with cent coins weren't the ones that were going to be recalled they were spent again and again until they wore out, were lost, or eventually redeemed at the banks after they became too worn.  So the no cents survived in large numbers and in high grades while the with cents did not survive.  This makes them scarce today and higher priced.[/QUOTE]