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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1362044, member: 26302"]I would interject, though, that what the OP THINKS of a penny in his mind is NOT what the penny was back when it was silver. Back then the penny was similar to a silver dollar or half dollar in value. In fact, silver had gone down in relative value between the 1600's and the 1800's. The fact it could be in a half dime was remarkable showing how cheap silver had gotten relative to a person's wages. Even then, a silver half dime or trime was not a small amount of money, probably equal to well over a couple of dollars today. </p><p><br /></p><p>Point being, there has never been a silver coin for such a small denomination as what the cent or two cents are worth today, and the closest it had ever been in human history was probably the 19th century versus an average man's daily wage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1362044, member: 26302"]I would interject, though, that what the OP THINKS of a penny in his mind is NOT what the penny was back when it was silver. Back then the penny was similar to a silver dollar or half dollar in value. In fact, silver had gone down in relative value between the 1600's and the 1800's. The fact it could be in a half dime was remarkable showing how cheap silver had gotten relative to a person's wages. Even then, a silver half dime or trime was not a small amount of money, probably equal to well over a couple of dollars today. Point being, there has never been a silver coin for such a small denomination as what the cent or two cents are worth today, and the closest it had ever been in human history was probably the 19th century versus an average man's daily wage. Chris[/QUOTE]
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