Jim state:
So, to put it bluntly, high-grade standard issue silver examples of this series are easy pickin’s! Even the key date 1949-S reveals a monstrous 1,067 coins graded MS 67 (with an NGC Price Guide value of $80).
Interestingly, the lowest pop numbers for regular MS designation silver Roosevelts in MS 67 are as follows: Are these low numbers only because these are inexpensive coins that collectors feel are not worth the expense of submitting to NGC?
MS 67 Census
NGC Price Guide
1951-D
150
$80
1952
192
$80
1952-D
138
$50
1953
155
$60
1954-D
187
$110
1955-D
186
$50
1956-D
194
$35
1960-D
167
$80
1961-D
141
$75