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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26166915, member: 101855&quot;]Off the top of my head, here goes with rounded numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bank of New York, which has a history that dates back to the late 1700s, probably acquired a keg of Fugio Cents which was 5,000 pieces over 225 years ago. Over the years, they distributed them, probably to favored customers and the like. Finally circa 1948, a member of, I believe the ANS, had a chance to review the remaining 1,400 and some odd pieces. He assigned variety numbers to them, which gives us the list of Bank of New York varieties. The hoard was not a random sample. It was part of a production run of specific die pairs, which was probably together from the time the coins were struck. </p><p><br /></p><p>Over time more pieces have been distributed to museums and others. The last time an expert, dealer Anthony Tarranova, examined the hoard, about a decade ago, there were about 750 pieces left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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