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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 4761599, member: 77639&quot;]Good point and agree.&nbsp; Mintage numbers can be far higher than the numbers released to banks and merchants.&nbsp; Retained coins can be destroyed (usually melted) or stored indefinitely.&nbsp; Even coins issued in bulk to banks can sit in vaults for decades.&nbsp; Who knows what lurks in the vaults of banks, the mints and the US Treasury today?&nbsp;&nbsp; Then there can be big quantities of newly minted coins that are lost early on in ship wrecks and otherwise.&nbsp; So, mintage numbers, even if accurate, represent only a potential maximum number of coins that might have made it into the hands of the public.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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