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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3995906, member: 77814&quot;]I&#039;m not sure how you calculate your numbers,</p><p>plus I never stated &quot;D&quot; for Denver,</p><p>nor did I state an RPM.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1955 there were (rounded numbers):</p><p>330 million Philadelphia</p><p>563 million Denver</p><p>45 million San Francisco</p><p><br /></p><p>I think your statistic of 1 in 20, other than for the wrong mint, would assume that not one has been pulled from circulation (not one put in a Dansco album, nor in someone&#039;s collection, or in a jar somewhere, slabbed or damaged and removed, or simply lost from circulation).&nbsp; You can ask pocket change collectors here if they get a 1955 D in 1 of 20 that they search through.&nbsp; I certainly don&#039;t especially when pocket change contains all the other years before and since.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas with the 1955 DD (Philadelphia) there were from 20,000 to 24,000 believed to be minted. </p><p><br /></p><p>All from one, singular pair of dies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some found and destroyed (and subsequently the dies).&nbsp; It is believed that 10-15,000 survived with many certified (ie, out of general pocket change circulation).</p><p><br /></p><p>oddly, many originally found in cigarette packs per this PCGS article:</p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/the-1955-doubled-die-lincoln-cent-and-its-price-performance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/the-1955-doubled-die-lincoln-cent-and-its-price-performance" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/news/the-1955-doubled-die-lincoln-cent-and-its-price-performance</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The probability of finding one in &quot;pocket change&quot; is substantially lower than 1 in 20 considering that most have been pulled from circulation a long time ago.&nbsp; Since one wouldn&#039;t be able to find it in general circulation that leaves &quot;collections&quot; to find one if one just doesn&#039;t want to pony up and buy a certified one already (to cast out the fakes).</p><p><br /></p><p>Oddly I didn&#039;t smoke back then,</p><p>of course, I wasn&#039;t born either ... but hey, it&#039;s coin collecting nirvana ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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