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<p>[QUOTE="900fine, post: 410069, member: 6036"]I suppose that was a major reason. Possibly also "no bullion, no coins".</p><p> </p><p>I may be wrong here, so keep me honest... it seems bullion limitation is one reason why certain dates are key dates.</p><p> </p><p>For instance, in 1921 the mint suddenly brought back the Morgan S$1 and started cranking out tens of millions of them. That diverted bullion away from 10c, 25c, and 50c. All three of those denominations saw much lower mintages in 1921 compared to 1920.</p><p> </p><p>Similar story for 1916 Merc 10c and SLQ 25c. Those issues overlapped with the end of the Barber series, which got the lion's share of bullion.</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>No copper, no coins ! The War of 1812 had a little disruptive effect on trade with Britain ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="900fine, post: 410069, member: 6036"]I suppose that was a major reason. Possibly also "no bullion, no coins". I may be wrong here, so keep me honest... it seems bullion limitation is one reason why certain dates are key dates. For instance, in 1921 the mint suddenly brought back the Morgan S$1 and started cranking out tens of millions of them. That diverted bullion away from 10c, 25c, and 50c. All three of those denominations saw much lower mintages in 1921 compared to 1920. Similar story for 1916 Merc 10c and SLQ 25c. Those issues overlapped with the end of the Barber series, which got the lion's share of bullion. No copper, no coins ! The War of 1812 had a little disruptive effect on trade with Britain ![/QUOTE]
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