Page 603 Table: Roger, how do you reconcile the estimated survivors figures from the table below vs. what you stated at the end of Page 612 where you said 2,996,565 Saints survive in all states of preservation ? I can't get that figure from the numbers below.
Also, re-reading this chapter, I think it's logical to assume that the TPA number below (39 MM) is certainly reduced by Nazi Germany and other country melting down of Saints and other American gold coins from 1907-1950, for which there are no surviving documents to confirm it but certainly we know it took place. Hoards still possible, but almost certainly a small fraction of that 39 million.
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Total Saint-Gaudens Coins Minted..................70,290,930
Known Melted Coins........................................26,951,006 (from 1921 and 1929-33)
TOTAL POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE.........43,339,924
Estimated Survivors..............................................591,665 (1907-1933, excludes the next 2 lines)
Estimated Survivors...........................................2,028,000 (1908 Type 1 & 1922-1928 Philly Mint)
Estimated Survivors...........................................1,088,310 (Europe, South America)
TOTAL ESTIMATED SURVIVORS.............3,707,975
MISSING/POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE......39,631,949