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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 26052878, member: 73489"]Liberty Head Double Eagle Population Census:  I went back to Bower's DE Red Book and summed up both the LOW and HIGH estimates (from 2004 !) for Liberty Head survivors, both certified, raw, and still presumably undiscovered or hidden (the "Field" population as it was called in the book). For the 3 Types and totals for both the Low and High estimates: 66,613…117,296……4,124,182 = 4,308,091 (Bowers DE Book/lower range) 101,783….178,612…..6,148,479 = 6,428,874 (Bowers DE Book/upper range) So...a bit higher than the Saint-Gaudens survivor estimate in Roger's book at the low end, but about 60% above if you use the high guestimate. Now...PCGS Coin Facts has a Survival Estimate function which is a guestimate by 1 or more "experts."  I don't know how much time they spent on it or what their methodology was or when they did the estimate (2024 or 2014 or even earlier, though I assume it was somewhat recent).  But it's something to compare. Anyway...adding up all the different Liberty Head regular strikes...I came up with a total of 3,149,267.   That is appreciably BELOW even the lower-limit of Bowers estimate made 20 years ago.  What number each would give today (assuming the PCGS CF estimate is dated) I have no way of knowing, given what has come out since the Bowers DE book and given recent hoards/finds, including Fairmont. Thoughts ?[/QUOTE]