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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1409137, member: 26302&quot;]Always remember too the point Doug made about these being in banks. I have heard credible stories that these were still in bank vaults, (BU), up into the 1860&#039;s and 1870&#039;s. A lot of the early collectors bought large numbers of these directly from these bank holdings. Also, when the banks released these later on, they were heavier than current halves, so most were saved by the public in high grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>There just are a LOT of these coins around. I know for a fact a dealer I knew used to have a couple of thousand of these VF and up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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