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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 24690253, member: 105571&quot;]When these coins were made, there were no photographs much less JPEG images.&nbsp; No one was trying the determine anything about the coin from an image.&nbsp; Anyone who had contact with them was holding them in their hand.&nbsp; There was no mistaking the difference between a half eagle and an eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, given the propensity for shaved or counterfeit coins, pretty much every merchant/banker used scales to verify the coin weight because the weight of the gold was where the entire worth of the coin lay. </p><p><br /></p><p>So a denomination was not necessary for the efficient conduct of commerce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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