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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3442844, member: 101855&quot;][ATTACH=full]914165[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]914166[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s right. The total business strike mintage for the 1880 gold dollar was 1,600 pieces plus 36 Proofs. This has long made this issued a &quot;trophy coin&quot; for collectors who are totally excited with low mintages, but the coin is not prohibitively expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why? First, there are not huge number of gold dollar collectors. Some collectors dislike them because they are small. Second, the survival rate was very high for a 19th century coin. According to &quot;Coin Facts&quot; the estimated number of survivors is 1,000 pieces with 975 of those in MS-60 or better. The estimates further claim that there are 600 pieces left in MS-65 or better. Most of these high grade pieces have Proof-Like characteristics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why was the survivals rate so high? Speculators in the 19th century were aware of these numbers and saved a large number of these coins. The gold dollars from the decade of the 1880s had a similar following although the mint did make an effort to get the mintages higher to prevent more &quot;rarities.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is graded MS-65, and it is in a PCGS Old Green Label (OGL) holder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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