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This was 3 years before the small size notes were introduced - large size paper money was still the norm. Unless folded, large size bills were too big to fit into the type of wallets that are in comm… (View Post)

I'm not aware of anyone buying the First Spouse coins as a bullion play, since AGE's and other bullion coins were universally known to have a lower premium to gold. Purchasers of the First Spouse ser… (View Post)

19th Century comparison (non-gold). GB - 9 denominations: farthing, halfpenny, penny, threepence, sixpence, shilling, florin, half crown, crown. US - 10 denominations: half cent, cent, 2 cents, 3 cen… (View Post)

> Thanks, as a college student in 1963 I was actually searching rolls for war nickels and shipping them off to refiners. Postage was cheap enough to make it worthwhile, especially with the dollar … (View Post)

> See https://federalregister.gov/documents/2007/04/16/E7-7088/prohibition-on-the-exportation-melting-or-treatment-of-5-cent-and-one-cent-coins . It prohibits melting of cents and nickels, HOWEVER… (View Post)