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Posted 10/30/2011 6:01 pm
What baffles me when any of the long time coin dealers writes a reference guide and estimates the population of a given date/mint mark of a coin is how they come up with the number they do.
The population reports of the major grading services aren't even accurate since many of the coins have been resubmitted multiple times without the labels accompanying the coin so they can amend their records.
I visited a coin shop not too far from where I live and the guy I went to see said he gets several 1942/41 P and D mint Mercury dimes per year from people bringing in their silver coins for him to buy. There have more P than D pieces and typically just one at a time in the various quantities of dimes people have brought into his shop.
They are still out there just waiting to be discovered.
Ed
ANA LM-3175
The population reports of the major grading services aren't even accurate since many of the coins have been resubmitted multiple times without the labels accompanying the coin so they can amend their records.
I visited a coin shop not too far from where I live and the guy I went to see said he gets several 1942/41 P and D mint Mercury dimes per year from people bringing in their silver coins for him to buy. There have more P than D pieces and typically just one at a time in the various quantities of dimes people have brought into his shop.
They are still out there just waiting to be discovered.
Ed
ANA LM-3175
