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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 5184572, member: 115909&quot;]Makes sense to me. I just like looking at my coins and wondering A). What they were used to purchase and B). What I could have purchased with them if I lived in those times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like maybe some of my 1860s Morgan Dollars were used to pay a Union Lieutenant’s wages.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at an old Sears Roebuck catalog and it said a pair of “pearl handled Colt revolvers” was $100. </p><p><br /></p><p>So 5x $20 Double Eagles might have been easier to mail for payment than 100 silver $10 Morgan Dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Especially when mail was charged by the ounce!</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s fascinating to think about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do know I would definitely pay in 20x $1 silver dollars even if I had a gold Double Eagle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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