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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 2444627, member: 31286&quot;]I obtained an 1840 Charlotte half-eagle a while back and it got me doing some research on 1840 coins.&nbsp; Many of the coins minted that year are first year of issue.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been collecting that year for quite a while now.&nbsp; It&#039;s a challenge to find nice or even decent examples of coins that are that rare and that old.&nbsp; Many of the issues have survival rates of less than 100 and the most plentiful have fewer than 2000 survivors.&nbsp; Many suffer from poor strikes (especially the New Orleans issues).&nbsp; It has been interesting exploring the idiosyncrasies of each coin minted that year.&nbsp; It&#039;s way different than type collecting, that&#039;s for sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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