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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1596505, member: 112"]What a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of coins of the times, besides Morgans, were minted in the same manner as the Morgans. It was just the way the mint did things at the time. There are examples in just about all of the denominations ranging from the gold 25 cent pieces up to and including the gold $20 pieces that are PL and some even being DMPL.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course there are far more Morgans than there are other denominations. But that is largely because there are far more Morgans period. You have to keep in mind that Morgans are unique. Other denominations were not minted and then stored away in mint bags, never to be touched, like Morgans were. So today, far fewer examples of PL and DMPL in other denominations still exist. </p><p><br /></p><p>But when they were made, they were just as common (proportionally) as the Morgans were.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1596505, member: 112"]What a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of coins of the times, besides Morgans, were minted in the same manner as the Morgans. It was just the way the mint did things at the time. There are examples in just about all of the denominations ranging from the gold 25 cent pieces up to and including the gold $20 pieces that are PL and some even being DMPL. Of course there are far more Morgans than there are other denominations. But that is largely because there are far more Morgans period. You have to keep in mind that Morgans are unique. Other denominations were not minted and then stored away in mint bags, never to be touched, like Morgans were. So today, far fewer examples of PL and DMPL in other denominations still exist. But when they were made, they were just as common (proportionally) as the Morgans were.[/QUOTE]
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