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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 448490, member: 66&quot;]Probably not.&nbsp; you have to consider what the average person earned back then.&nbsp; Incomes of around $600 a year, sometimes less, would not be unusual.&nbsp; If a person did see gold it might be a half eagle or two (and that&#039;s all) in his weekly pay envelope.&nbsp; Very few people could hang on to one of them and would almost immediately have to break them for smaller coins to operate with.&nbsp; Think about it, what would you do if you were paid with a single coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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