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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 7492996, member: 26302&quot;]Weird. I believe you heard what you heard, but on average my denomination marked pieces are larger than most. Maybe its a hybrid. I have seen some very large pieces, maybe they were first, then denomination noted ones, and later the smaller, cruder pieces. Your OY piece you should remember was cast, and some &quot;lost their tails&quot; simply by lazy breaking of the casting sprues. They were cast longer, but some were broken when separated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t fathom why they would put the denomination on coins AFTER they had made them for a century or more. You would think you would START with that, and after people knew what they were you could simplify. The history of coinage is basically start big, then slowly steal metal once people are used to the coins - Revolution! - Rinse and repeat. I always know far along a dynasty in china the ruler who minted a cash coin was by how heavy they made their coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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