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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jackeen, post: 138971, member: 5683&quot;]Bush halves tended to spend much of the first part of their lives in bags, meeting the on-hand specie requirement for banks that typically had no access to silver dollars (not made between 1804 and 1836) or gold (always scarce until the Dahlonega and Charlotte gold fields came in). They then began to appear in circulation long after the series had ended, nicely toned and in good condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their antiquity got them noticed and saved, which accounts for the large numbers of them still available. As GDJ points out, this also got them cleaned by people who didn&#039;t find the toning attractive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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