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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1419815, member: 26302&quot;]Bust halves were used for half a century or longer as bank reserves. Barber halves were used in commerce. Therefor, there are probably more high grade bust halves in existence than barber halves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Always remember when bust halves we struck they were the largest US coin, so bags of them filled the need for bank reserves. By the time the banks sold them off, there were many collectors who wished to buy them from the banks. When barber halves were in circulation, there was tons of denominations of gold coins, as well as more silver dollars than this country could ever use, so every barber struck went straight into circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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