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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25686062, member: 101855&quot;]The merchants who issued them paid for most of the patriotic pieces. Some were issued for political purposes, but if they mention a specific candidate, like Lincoln, they are scarcer to rarer.</p><p><br /></p><p>The merchants needed these pieces to make change and do business in general. The Union Government issued cents were hoarded until after the war. If you wanted them, you had to pay a premium. 20% seemed to be the going rate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to say the merchants made a profit from them if they were accepted as cents. It cost less than a dollar to buy 100 of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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