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<p>[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 7908388, member: 76105"]One cool thing about Bust Halves is it's not too hard to come by nice ones. I believe the reason for this is, since the US was not minting silver dollars during that time period silver received by depositors at the Mint was by default minted into half dollars, and banks usually had stashes of half dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>AFAIK the time period between 1840 and 1853 is the only time silver dollars were popular in circulation. Around 1853 the silver price went up and the US mint did not make the dollar coin any lighter like they did with other Seated denominations, so the silver dollar was once again too valuable to spend and most were exported overseas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 7908388, member: 76105"]One cool thing about Bust Halves is it's not too hard to come by nice ones. I believe the reason for this is, since the US was not minting silver dollars during that time period silver received by depositors at the Mint was by default minted into half dollars, and banks usually had stashes of half dollars. AFAIK the time period between 1840 and 1853 is the only time silver dollars were popular in circulation. Around 1853 the silver price went up and the US mint did not make the dollar coin any lighter like they did with other Seated denominations, so the silver dollar was once again too valuable to spend and most were exported overseas.[/QUOTE]
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