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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25715905, member: 101855&quot;]Here is an example of a piece that was issued in 1807 when the Bust design was introduced. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1643502[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These coins tend to come in higher grades, like VF or better, because they were often stored in bank vaults to back the paper money the banks issued. Half dollar mintages were low when the mint was making silver dollar available. When the minting of silver dollars was suspended in 1804, those who deposited silver at the mint for coinage asked for half dollars instead. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although higher grade circulated examples are fairly common, pieces in strict Mint State are not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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