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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hotpocket, post: 1963304, member: 44182&quot;]Over the weekend, while looking through some US coins with my sons and nephew, my oldest son asked me that question. Embarrassed that I didn&#039;t know the answer, we took to the internet and found a few explanations. </p><p><br /></p><p>The best was a Coin Week article from 2012 (link posted below).&nbsp; I found it to be very interesting reading about a tough time in our nation&#039;s history and how it impacted coinage... thought some of you may find it interesting as well.&nbsp; Happy reading.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/numismatic-history/the-missing-years-collecting-the-coins-of-1931-to-1933/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/numismatic-history/the-missing-years-collecting-the-coins-of-1931-to-1933/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinweek.com/numismatic-history/the-missing-years-collecting-the-coins-of-1931-to-1933/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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