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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4080953, member: 66&quot;]Yes misaligned die clashes.&nbsp; They tend to be very popular.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No.&nbsp; You need to understand why the mint was often low on precious metals and why the scenario you propose would not occur.</p><p><br /></p><p>Up until 1837 the Mint did not have a bullion fund, which meant they could not go out into the market and buy silver or gold to make coins to supply the needs of commerce.&nbsp; They had to depend on citizen, businesses or banks to come in and deposit gold and silver to be melted down and struck into coins FOR THEM.&nbsp; If no one was bringing in any precious metal, no coins were being made.&nbsp; As much as possible the mint also made the coins that the depositor wanted.&nbsp; So if commerce had a crying need for&nbsp; dimes and the depositor wanted half dollars, the mint made half dollars. (In many cases if the depositor wanted smaller coins the mint officials would actually try and talk them into half dollars because it meant less work, a faster turnaround time, and less wear and tear on the equipment)&nbsp; The law, as I read it, also required the mint to process the deposits in the order in which they were received.&nbsp; So if you deposit came in behind a big deposit from a bank you might have to wait a few weeks to get your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what would happen if a deposit came in that had some US coins in it that were still of legal weight?&nbsp; They wouldn&#039;t go to the time and effort of restriking them, they would just hand them back with the rest of the coins made from the deposit.&nbsp; After all the depositors weren&#039;t making the deposit to get this years coins, they just wanted COINS.&nbsp; So they wouldn&#039;t care if it was an older date.</p><p><br /></p><p>After 1837 when they had their bullion fund they would keep&nbsp; coins on hand and if the depositor wished they could be paid in coin immediately for their deposit (less a small charge) or they could wait.&nbsp; If they took the immediate payment the deposbe coined and the coins returned to the bullion fund[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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