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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 20876671, member: 27832&quot;]I know Buffalo nickels were still &quot;in circulation&quot; decades after 1938, but I would guess that once the Jeffersons started showing up, people tended to set the Buffalos aside. So, it&#039;s not just a matter of circulating 100 years instead of 80 years -- it&#039;s more like circulating for 30 years instead of &quot;less than 10&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>So why don&#039;t we see the same for Barber dimes/quarters/halves? I&#039;d guess that the larger the denomination, the more it &quot;costs&quot; to set it aside, and the greater the temptation to spend it when things get tight. But at this point I&#039;m just speculating. (Not to say that people would&#039;ve been <i>happy</i> to get rid of Barbers because the Mercs/SLQs/Walkers were so much more beautiful... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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