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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2260734, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; the big depression is probably a banker&#039;s mark (or at least some random dude verifying that the coin was actually silver)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">There were a lot of counterfeit coins at this time, so the merchants would occasionally make a slit/mark to verify that the coin was actually &quot;real silver&quot; ... the counterfeit coins were lower base metals merely coated in silver (and in those days it really was the metal that was of value)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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