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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4196389, member: 73489&quot;]Thanks PF...I must have read that number and I didn&#039;t check the population census @ NGC and PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW....<i>if someone crosses a coin from NGC to PCGS (or vice-versa) then the number goes UP for PCGS and NGC does NOT reduce it&#039;s total by 1 because it doesn&#039;t know someone crossed out, right ?&nbsp; So there could be double-counting if you just add up PCGS + NGC ? </i></p><p><br /></p><p>My mother&#039;s grandmother had a coin or a few coins and I wonder based on what she told me if they were possibly a 1907 HR.&nbsp; It was worth more than the face amount of gold but her grandmother turned the coin in after FDR issued his edict.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>But if you COLLECTED coins -- and if you had no intention of using one for circulation purposes I guess that might qualify -- weren&#039;t you exempt ? </i> &#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>You had some serious bigtime collectors in the 1930&#039;s (Eliasburg ?) and I know they didn&#039;t rush to the local Federal Reserve Bank and turn over their substantial collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you are right....my mother&#039;s grandparents considered it the patriotic thing to do.&nbsp; Quite frankly, I believe they and others like them were also afraid -- many didn&#039;t speak English and they weren&#039;t willing to take a chance on jail and/or deportation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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