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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 797368, member: 22271&quot;]Originally Posted by PennyGuy </p><p>Nice pickup there Mark, I concur on S-8. With a mintage of only 63,353 there are more collectors without one than have one. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good guess. Dave Bowers (<u>Guide Book of UNITED STATES TYPE COINS</u>) estimates between 2,000 and 3,000 Wreath cents survive with more than 2/3 of the certified population being VF or poorer condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luckily for us (assuming we can afford one), both the chain&nbsp; and wreath cents survived in larger proportions (~2.5% and ~4% respectively) than the typical 1% survival rate of 19th century coinage[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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