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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4863230, member: 66&quot;]Why?&nbsp; Well more than likely large cents were counterstamped indiscriminately.&nbsp; But as collecting took hold and damaged large cents were redeemed and returned to the Treasury, pieces that were recognized as rarer dates were NOT redeemed and over time the percentage of counterstamped rare dates as compared to common dates increased.&nbsp; If you had a handful of counterstamped large cents that were worth a cent apiece, but one of the was an 1804 the a collector would pay a couple dollars for even with the stamp, you held out the 1804 and scrapped the rest.&nbsp; So over time damaged key dates survived while damaged commons didn&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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