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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;National dealer, post: 24220, member: 487&quot;]In an earlier thread there was some mention as to why some coins seemed to be priced high given their relatively large mintages or availability.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well as one who has searched for what appears to be a common date or mintmark, I can tell you that this is often a harder task than it should be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very recently another member and I were searching for a common date Seated Half Dollar. With a large mintage of more than 200,000 examples this would look like a cake walk. </p><p><br /></p><p>A fair price was offered for the example, yet the task of finding one is near impossible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Too often collectors look at a mintage and wonder why the values are so high. Most of the time it is relative to the time it takes to find an example. Many common coins are only common on paper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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