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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 6727149, member: 66&quot;]But only for a short period.&nbsp; The exchange of so many large cents and spanish silver put a huge number of coins into commerce where they became a real headache for the merchants because they were not legal tender.&nbsp; So many started piling up in the banks that they began refusing them.&nbsp; This caused them to then back up in merchants tills.&nbsp; This left the merchants with &quot;money&quot; they couldn&#039;t use.&nbsp; they couldn&#039;t deposit it at the bank and suppliers could and did refuse large sums in payment.&nbsp; Often the only way merchants could get rid of them was to sell them to brokers at a discount.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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