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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2048552, member: 19250&quot;]Eugene I wanted&nbsp; to show with this thread a few things. One that during&nbsp;&nbsp; this decade&nbsp; US coinage&nbsp; was vast. We had a lot of money in the system . However&nbsp;&nbsp; for five or six years during&nbsp; the Civil war and reconstruction hard money was very hard to find. So coins were hoarded&nbsp; or spent and used til they wore thin. Tokens were used as hard money &quot;coinage&quot; of gold or silver was again hoarded. Paper notes were more so a promise&nbsp; to pay backed&nbsp;&nbsp; by your word .</p><p>Tokens allowed people to buy goods needed&nbsp; more so barter then again having any true backing by a bank or government.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of The&nbsp; best coins ever produced&nbsp; by the U.S. came from his time frame. Designs that were truly&nbsp; Americana .&nbsp; The artist&nbsp; and the mints made beautiful&nbsp; coins.&nbsp; Another thing most people take for granted&nbsp; is the fact this money had value! Meaning&nbsp; it was worth it&#039;s weight. A half cent or cent was a lot of money. Most people of this time period&nbsp; never seen a gold coin or more less a twenty dollar coin!&nbsp; Thanks&nbsp;&nbsp; for sharing&nbsp;&nbsp; your coins from this time frame. I know you well enough&nbsp; to know you&#039;re&nbsp;&nbsp; enjoying&nbsp;&nbsp; the pictures and post. As we all here have the passion....&nbsp; your&#039;s is like a love affair my friend. To build a collection&nbsp; second to none.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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