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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2484705, member: 66&quot;]In a word, survival.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1909-SVDB cents were snatched up and a significant portion of them were saved.&nbsp; So even though it is the lowest mintage (and most expensive) they are readily available.&nbsp; The 1931-S cent was know to be an very low mintage even in that same year and the survival rate is probably 80% or better. The 14-D, even though it had a significantly higher mintage, was just another cent and they circulated and circulated.&nbsp; It probably wasn&#039;t until the 1930&#039;s before anyone even realized they were anything special.&nbsp; The survival rate for them is probably under 10%</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of the satin finish cents the survival rate is probably pushing 95% or better.&nbsp; There are probably a lot more of them surviving than any of the key or even semi-key date cents, even though they may have lower initial mintages.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hard to say what they would be worth.&nbsp; Even if all 31K hit the market at the same time, there are a lot more than 31K collectors of ASE that want them but haven&#039;t been able to afford them so demand would still be very high and that would tend to help keep the price up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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