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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3443119, member: 57463&quot;]Until about the mid-1980s, I guess, wallets all had change compartments. </p><p><br /></p><p>(Modern version here:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]914252[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in fact, the dollar coin was not popular. The average was for a worker was 50 cents a day, so a dollar was like $250 in our money today.&nbsp; The half dollar carried commerce, which is why the US Mint focussed on that coin. (The other mainstay was the $5 half eagle.) </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In general, Uncirculated gold dollars are rare for all dates prior to 1879, except that because of the enormous mintages, more Uncirculated pieces were saved by chance for such issues as Philadelphia Mint coins of the early 1850s. After 1878 a popular speculation arose whereby jewelers, numismatists, and members of the public enjoyed hoarding gold dollars (and to a lesser extent $3 pieces). Although gold dollars minted from 1879 through 1889 have generally low mintages, in proportion far more Uncirculated pieces survive than do issues of earlier dates.&quot; --</p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/gold-coins/gold-dollar-1849-1889/51" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/gold-coins/gold-dollar-1849-1889/51" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/gold-coins/gold-dollar-1849-1889/51</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I am still looking for an E-Sylum article about a 19th century newspaper story stating that gold dollars have little use in commerce and are mostly demanded by jewelers for ladies&#039; charm bracelets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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