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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PennyGuy, post: 2200335, member: 17502&quot;]Newspapers of the day in major cities often carried advertisements offering a premium for &quot;coppers&quot;.&nbsp; The reason behind this is that cent coins were in very short supply.&nbsp; The merchants needed them or an equivalent to make change for customers. </p><p><br /></p><p>If there really was no shortage of coins why were merchants offering a premium?</p><p><br /></p><p>The Fuld CWT catalogs contain a very good history of the reasoning behind the manufacture of these tokens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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