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<p>[QUOTE="doug5353, post: 2121455, member: 73555"]The U.S. is one of the very few nations that has had a stable coinage for 150+ years. In theory, you could still get Civil War era coins in change; they are more or less the same size and weight as today's coins, and still considered legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go through a mental list of some of the world's largest countries, and this is not true -- Great Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia, etc., etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another interesting question is, how did obsolete coins (2c, 3c, half dime, 20c, etc.) disappear from circulation? A concentrated effort by the Treasury and the big city banks?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug5353, post: 2121455, member: 73555"]The U.S. is one of the very few nations that has had a stable coinage for 150+ years. In theory, you could still get Civil War era coins in change; they are more or less the same size and weight as today's coins, and still considered legal tender. Go through a mental list of some of the world's largest countries, and this is not true -- Great Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia, etc., etc. Another interesting question is, how did obsolete coins (2c, 3c, half dime, 20c, etc.) disappear from circulation? A concentrated effort by the Treasury and the big city banks?[/QUOTE]
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