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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 984815, member: 19065&quot;]Yes statistics can be interesting, but these are often quite general and based upon reported sales figures.&nbsp; There&#039;s a lot of rounding up/down by the Mint and various publishers providing these statistics amongst other factors for why they are not precise, but rather approximate. Most of these figures take several years before publications like the Red Book will even report mintages. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing is that these are not &quot;Elaine&#039;s&quot; statistics. She is copying the information from other sources and usually fails to indicate what source and the date of their original publication to verify them. Where possible to refer to them, I have often found her &#039;transcription&#039; is full of typos*. Greysheet, Red Book, Coin World, Numismatic News, the various coin blogs... the moment they release figures, charts or such related data, she copies them here as quickly as possible, but doesn&#039;t take the time to give them credit for the information many here come to think of as <i>her&#039;s.</i>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t mind sharing information but give credit where it&#039;s due and at least attempt to provide some commentary on what&#039;s being posted. What does it all mean? What is Elaine&#039;s insight with the numbers? Let us know and give the sources credit when citing other published material.</p><p><br /></p><p>*case in point, TCs comment above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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