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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2089175, member: 73489&quot;]Roger Burdette talks about this in &quot;<i><b>From Mine To Mint</b></i>&quot; and you realize that metallurgy and striking technology was so raw back in the early-1800&#039;s that ANY coins which survive today are valuable. And back then, they just wanted coins that lasted a long time because the country couldn&#039;t afford coins/currency wearing out too quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today you don&#039;t produce too many -- if any -- coins with die cracks, as the techniques are so advanced that nearly-flawless coins are produced in mass quantities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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