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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 6731729, member: 19463"]While my intereste in modern coins is low, this thread brings up one point I find quite interesting. </p><p><br /></p><p>How do you explain the rarity of other dates and the large number of these? In ancients, this might mean that a hoard was found consisting of this one date while the others chance to exist mixed in with other coins. In other cases we know there was a need for a huge number of coins to fill a specific need (a wartime payroll, tribute to a victor over you etc.). In some cases it is known that a change was made in metal content so many of the better ones were melted. Have you researched the reason behind the 'easy' 1673?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 6731729, member: 19463"]While my intereste in modern coins is low, this thread brings up one point I find quite interesting. How do you explain the rarity of other dates and the large number of these? In ancients, this might mean that a hoard was found consisting of this one date while the others chance to exist mixed in with other coins. In other cases we know there was a need for a huge number of coins to fill a specific need (a wartime payroll, tribute to a victor over you etc.). In some cases it is known that a change was made in metal content so many of the better ones were melted. Have you researched the reason behind the 'easy' 1673?[/QUOTE]
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