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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2562503, member: 76086&quot;]This is a very confusing period of history and the best any of us can do is simply speculate (even well thought out studies are in the end just speculation).&nbsp; I would suggest that the scarcity and rarity of some of these issues would mean that they are either part of a failed reform or commemorative in nature.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But, Victor, I am not so certain on the thought that coins were minted only for fiscal consideration public use as a secondary purpose.&nbsp; Governments, large and small, ancient and modern, have large monetary debts.&nbsp; Transactions typically would be very large and under that idea there would be no need whatsoever for small change. To put it into a modern context the government pays $339 million per F22 jet.&nbsp; They wouldn&#039;t pay that in pennies.&nbsp; Assuming we still used high value coins, they would just mint $1 million coins.&nbsp; Or 5, 10, 100, etc.&nbsp; I do see what you are saying about the military, but I think its clear small change was only struck for general circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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