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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1313928, member: 24633&quot;]There are any number of reasons why this coin is so popular among collectors.....it has size, it&#039;s precious metal, it&#039;s a coin struck by the hundreds of millions, it wasn&#039;t popular to the people of that era and so was stored away in vaults only to be released for the growing number of collectors of the last half-century. How many other coins of the late 19th century were similarly preserved in such fashion? </p><p><br /></p><p>From a historical viewpoint, you might want to read <b><i>The Crime of 1873: The Comstock Connection</i></b> by Van Ryzin. It&#039;s a little slow reading with all of the footnotes, inserts and references, but it will give you a good idea of what was going on with the silver mining industry and the politics involved at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course there is also the &quot;feud&quot; that went on between Charles Barber and Geoorge Morgan because they didn&#039;t like each other, and Barber didn&#039;t like the fact that many people considered Morgan to be a better engraver than his boss, Barber.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure that others can come up with other reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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