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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 448729, member: 15062&quot;]There are relatively more high grade gold coins around today simply because many, if not most, of the lower grade ones were melted down in the 30&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only the $1.00, $2.50 and $5.00 gold saw any appreciable circulation, and those only with the affluent.&nbsp; Remember, in 1850 the average working American made around $5/week.&nbsp; By 1900 this had risen to around $15/week.&nbsp; Most people simply didn&#039;t have the luxury of owning, holding or even touching a gold coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>How many times have you seen a cowboy movie when the guy rides into town, goes straight to the tavern and slaps down a Double Eagle for a drink, and doesn&#039;t get any change back.&nbsp; That $20 would come close to buying the entire bar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably 98% (a number I made up) of the American people never had the opportunity to even see someone else&#039;s gold.&nbsp; Rich people in big cities may have had opportunity or reason to use gold; nobody else did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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