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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2719473, member: 76086&quot;]Stealing from Sherlock Holmes the simplest answer is likely to be the correct one.&nbsp; I would assume that the official mint acknowledged the need for small change and greatly increased its output and distribution into those areas of need and this is why later issues do not appear as frequently.&nbsp; We can see many modern similarities.&nbsp; In Britain, Ireland and Scotland there was a huge lack of and need for halfpennies and farthings in the late 18th Century and a bit into the 19th.&nbsp; The response was privately issued merchant tokens, what are now commonly called Conders.&nbsp; These were generally of correct weight and circulated side by side with official mint issues. They were accepted as money and were spendable just as any official issue (just as in Roman times).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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