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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;National dealer, post: 7732, member: 487&quot;]Want rare?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is two odd things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mint records state that 19,570 dollars were minted in 1804.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most researches believe that these coins were dated 1803. As all the 1804 Dollars were made in the 1830&#039;s and later.</p><p>Some though, believe that 1804 dollars were used in payment for the Lousiana purchase. Supposedly the ship is lying at the bottom of the ocean. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another.</p><p><br /></p><p>1895-P Morgan Dollar. Mint records show circulation strikes made. None are known to exist. All 880 coins listed as being made are proofs. Do circulation strikes exist? Are they languishing in a fed depository someplace?</p><p><br /></p><p>For coins that should not be rare, take a look for a proof half cent from the 1840&#039;s. These were made in good quantities, yet your odds are better of being struck by lightning than actually finding one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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