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Name a coin that has a low mintage figure and a low survival rate?

CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,637 ✭✭✭✭✭
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How about the 78-S half? 12,000 minted, perhaps 60 survive. 0.5% is a low survival rate for this period.
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1854-S $5

    268 struck, 3 extant (survival rate just over 1%)
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    1852 Seated Half 1893 cc Eagle . image
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



    - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1876 s 5$ gold liberty ....4000 minted. Not even listed in AU 55 and higher in Redbook and Coin Values guide .
    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




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