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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3297672, member: 66&quot;]The main reason the mint didn&#039;t make many small denomination silver coins was because the mint act did not provide for a bullion fund that would allow the mint to strike coins in whatever denominations the market required.&nbsp; (The mint didn&#039;t get a bullion fund until 1837.)&nbsp; Instead they were dependent on the public to deposit silver and gold for coinage, and the mint had to process it into whatever denominations the depositor requested.&nbsp; The bulk of the bullion was deposited by the bank of the United States and some larger merchants or exporters.&nbsp; Those depositors mostly wanted LARGE denomination coins for ease in counting/storage.&nbsp; The Mint also tended to encourage depositors to select large denominations because it meant less work to produce the coins from the bullion.&nbsp; If you have say $20 worth of silver it was a heck of a lot easier to strike 20 silver dollars than 400 half dimes.&nbsp; Especially when you are working the blanking and coining presses by hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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