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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1928907, member: 68&quot;]You probably know more about most of this stuff than I do.&nbsp; I had a friend try to spend DM coins a couple years back and wasn&#039;t able to get rid of any at all.&nbsp; She&#039;d have needed to take them to a bank. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The attrition of coins in circulation can be staggering.&nbsp; They simply get lost or destroyed in fires and floods.&nbsp; Lower denominations are most impacted and have about a 3% annual attrition but even large coins suffer misadventure.&nbsp; When they are redeemed the larger coins are redeemed in much larger percentages even relative to surviving numbers.&nbsp; People are much more likely to save a few 10p coins than a 5 M as a memento.&nbsp; If they find a coin later they just might toss it in the trash rather tan go to any effort to redeem it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;d be pretty surprised if more than about 10% of large denominations survive.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess that these survivors closely match what was in circulation when they were withdrawn.&nbsp; ie- They are heavily worn older coins and lightly worn recent dates.&nbsp; They are not &quot;collector coins&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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