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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1564149, member: 112&quot;]I wasn&#039;t disputing that they hoarded coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that is a myth is that they used coins more than paper money in the west. And even in California they used paper money more than coins - during &amp; after the war. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course before the war, in Cal., they used whatever they could, including gold dust, tokens, and private issue coins. That&#039;s why they opened the SF mint in 1854 because there was a shortage of money of any kind in Cal. But once the war started, they hoarded coins in Cal. too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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