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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Doug21, post: 613550, member: 5650&quot;]or even a date, for that matter ?</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess it&#039;s tradition ?</p><p><br /></p><p>ancient coins aren&#039;t really dated.</p><p><br /></p><p>a coin&#039;s primary purpose is for the public to simply use it to buy stuff, right ?</p><p><br /></p><p>of course no dates would not be popular with numismatists, but we aren&#039;t the reason coins existed in the old days, but that has changed in modern times, eh ? Now the mint(s) sell to collectors for profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>coins were in short supply at various times, like pre Civil-war years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why not Indian head cents with no date, for example ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you mintmark a coin , so you can figure out Joe Smith at Denver mint is slacking off, or something ?</p><p><br /></p><p>just something to think about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the gov&#039;t is broke, and wants its&#039; seignorage on coins sold to collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>RCM probably started this ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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