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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 2129456, member: 11854&quot;]Let&#039;s not go with 1,200 since this number is clearly incorrect (too low) and should be removed from the conversation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many folks have come up with survival estimates for early Federal coinage and I go through this at length in the book that Dick Graham and I published on this series.&nbsp; Needless to say, our estimate of mintage is significantly higher than the 1,200 hypothesized by Breen and at least some portion of the greater numismatic community is starting to take notice of the work we have done.&nbsp; PCGS has now upped their estimate to 5,000 and I believe the <i>Red Book</i> is similarly, or has, discussed about raising theirs, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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