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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 4668578, member: 2098&quot;]It&#039;s quite simple, really. This coin was allowed to freely circulate likely into the 1940&#039;s or 1950&#039;s. Such coins would be a lot more common if they weren&#039;t withdrawn from circulation in contemporary times and melted by the government or removed by coin dealers and the like and melted down for bullion over the past 4-5 decades. Yours slipped through the cracks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember in the 1990&#039;s going to a local coin shop where the dealer had a large tray full of well worn and dateless Standing Liberty quarters. I&#039;d imagine most dealers wouldn&#039;t bother trying to sell these and just send them off to be melted down.</p><p><br /></p><p>What this does is give the impression that well-worn coins are an anomaly for getting so worn when in fact a great majority saw a lot of heavy wear like this. However, most are just permanently removed and destroyed with dealers typically offering nicer examples to collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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