How many coins is a hoard?
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I’m sure it varies by mintage etc, but how many would you consider a hoard? A few examples, appreciate your thoughts
1909 s Lincoln
1896-s barber 25
1921 mercury dime
1932-s Washington 25
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I'd say at least a mint bag maybe 2.
10% or more of total mintage.
10% of surviving population, not mintage. That Terry Brand collection of like 200 1794 half dollars was a hoard I think by anyone's definition even though the mintage was 20000 or so. Survivorship estimated at 1200.
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While a "hoard" typically involves a good number of items, I don't see the noun "hoard" as being defined by a certain number of items. (Dictionaries don't seem to define it that way, either.) Rather, a hoard is the stash that one accumulates by hoarding - and hoarding means saving every instance one can acquire with no concept of completion or of reaching "enough." So arguably, a hoard could be 5 or it could be 5 thousand -- "hoard" is not defined by the number of items but by the drive to insatiably accumulate rather than to strategically collect.
My strategy is about collecting what I intend to keep, not investing in what I plan to sell.
A buried cache that has been in the ground over 100 years, maybe?
bob
Whatever amount the wife determines that there is no more room in the house for.
More than two.
The term is relative....No specific quantity... usually a 'significant amount' of something, not usually seen in quantity. I have some things that others may call a hoard.... and some of my acquaintances would call it a 'pittance'...
Cheers, RickO