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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 378386, member: 6036"]I presume those percentages are based on counting the coins in the index. I can understand your concern. In addition, there's another concern I have with it... NOT ALL COINS ARE CREATED EQUAL. Since that index is adding up the values of the coins, high value coins carry more weight. Some carry a LOT more weight. For instance, they have six Chain cents in there, ranging from F12 up to MS64 ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Have you ever seen an MS chain cent, much less a 64 ? The F12 is a $10,000 - $15,000 coin.  An MS64 ? $500,000 *. (maybe a little more... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). Those six coins alone carry 100 times as much weight as all the Lincoln cents combined. But I bet there's more collectors for Lincolns than Chains !   * The Husak MS62 just sold for $250,000+.[/QUOTE]