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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnny54321, post: 657619, member: 13342&quot;]Well, I expect in general that classic head gold coins from the mid 1830s would have a much lower survival rate than the proof, that much is true. I just didn&#039;t expect it to be THAT extreme. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The pre-1834 gold coins should have a MUCH lower survival rate, primarily because they contained more gold than the post 1834 gold coins. Because of this, they would be worth more than face value and therefore be logical candidates for the melting pot. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, the classic head gold coins don&#039;t fit into this category, since they have pretty much the same amount of gold per coin from 1834-1933.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, there is a lot of inconsistency even between my two examples in the same series. The 1839-O $2.5 had an initial mintage of 17,781, Approx survival rate of 400 = %2.2 survived. The 1837 classic head gold had initial mintage of 207,000, approx survival rate of 350 = .16% survived.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is this a test?:goofer:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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