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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 946278, member: 6036&quot;]They needed lots of dies because they cranked out lots and lots of coins. Lots of dies means lots of varieties.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Half dollars - not silver dollars - were true workhorses of commerce. For that reason, half dollars of this period tend to be very high mintage. Millions of them - every one of them made by hand !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Since much commerce was done &#039;twixt banks and didn&#039;t involve the public, many inter-bank transactions involved big bags of coins which were not opened. Thus, many of these 50c survived in high grades. Not so with capped bust 5c, 10c, and especially 25c.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Attributing is fun and <i>very</i> educational. Maybe profitable, too... we&#039;ve seen two r.5+ half dimes pop up in a couple of weeks. An r.5 capped bust half would be a sweet little mama indeed - particularly in AU grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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