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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 11610113, member: 101855&quot;]Collectors only looked at dates until the mid 1890s. There was an article by a man named Heath who got the mint mark thing started then. If you were collecting only by date, the Charlotte and Dahlonega coins were often less well made then their Philadelphia counterparts, which made them less desirable. </p><p><br /></p><p>But yes, the high value thing also discouraged the collection of those coins. It&#039;s why very few high grade $20 gold pieces come from anywhere other than coins recovered from shipwrecks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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