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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal, post: 2959301, member: 43872&quot;]I was speaking only of circulation, that is, of bags of coins shipped to us from the Federal Reserve each week, since the original question asked about wear patterns.&nbsp; We occasionally received hoards which don&#039;t follow the rules for wear.&nbsp; One man had lost everything in the Depression and never again trusted banks.&nbsp; Everything he saved was converted to half dollars and put in a box under his bed.&nbsp; When he died his heirs just deposited several thousand dollars (not sure how much, I was not a teller at that time) in silver halves, about a quarter of them Barbers, with many really nice Walking Liberties.&nbsp; Another time a man came in and deposited $2000--in just three bills.&nbsp; The biggest hoard was when the price of silver shot up in 1963.&nbsp; We had always had a few hundred silver dollars in the bank, mostly used as Christmas presents by customers, mostly AU-low MS Peace common dates with a few earlier Morgans, mostly VG-VF.&nbsp; But when demand went up the bank ordered another bag from the Fed.&nbsp; It was $1000 in 1878-1881 Morgans, mostly ranging from VF to MS, including some nice CCs.&nbsp; I bought as many as my meager resources could afford, though, alas, I no longer own them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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