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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;woodyhenderson, post: 1745205, member: 33122&quot;]A coin of this age would always show signs of wear from being inside ones pocket.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My dad was a farmer and almost always carried his change inside his pocket along with a tap and washers for a bolt should one have gotton lost from his mule pulled plow.</p><p>Can you picture how many times the taps and washers clashed togeather with the coins from one days plowing.</p><p>Sometimes the coins that are pictured here makes me wonder where in the world they were kept and if people in that day and time would guard a coin as some do today.</p><p>That coin even being just a 25 cent coin was valueble in trade as it was close to what 5 dollars would be in todays money.</p><p>Very few if any could hang on to these for collector items.</p><p>My dad only saw a hundred dollar bill when the crops were sold and most of the time 3/4 of that was owed to the bank as they loan him money to plant and get the crop to market for sale.</p><p>I do know the story about the morgan silver dollars and why most have a high grade but what about the other older coins that were used mostly in everyday transactions how did so many of them i see posted here have minor wear and carry such high preiums?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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