Mintage numbers question

ccrdragon

In the experiences of the folks here, how accurate are the mintage numbers in the Krause catalogs?

In the same vein - does anyone have the mintage numbers for the South Africa proof sets - specifically for the 1965 sets?

Thanks!

Muygrandeoso

Hey,

South Africa
1965 Proof sets

PS62 (9 Piece) 5,099
PS63 (9 Piece VIP) 85
PS64 (7 Piece) 19,889
PS65 (2 Piece) 925

OzzyAndy

I can't imagine they'd be wrong however its hard to tell how much of a particular issue was melted or destroyed after circulation. Especially bullion or coins that few people would have collected at the time.

wybrit

British coin mintages are probably decent guidelines of rarity throughout the 20th century. In the 19th century, figures were computed from tonnage numbers. These numbers represented coins made that year, not necessarily how many of a particular date were struck. Example: In 1869, over 2.5M pennies were reported as minted, but probably not all dated 1869 (many probably 1868). 1869 is one of the rarest dates in the series.

Gazza

As Wybrit was alluded too. Mintage is generally the number of coins minted that year not of that year. The mintage for the British 1946 brass threepenny piece is quoted as around 420,000. According to Peck 7 out of 8 of these were minted from 1945 dies.
Gary