DirtyDeedsDugDirtDeep
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Friends,
If you research your Whitman's Red Book, you will see that early , small denomination silver is rare for a reason; they never minted much of it .
I think Large cents, half cents, and various foreign coppers were about the only coins in decent supply for day to day commerce.
And considering wages and the costs of goods and services were nothing compared to today, and the fact that barter was very popular as well, would imply that not much in the way of money was carried on a daily basis. Especially when plowing one's field.
Think about how many years must have elapsed from the time a George II was dropped until an 1820 LC.There might be 50-75 years or more worth of coin drops in a given field.
Now,one early silver coin that was minted in comparatively large numbers is the 50 cent piece.
Look on ebay and see how many high condition specimens going back to 1812 or there abouts are available; literally thousands.
Interestingly, there are so many nice ones in existance because they rarely circulated beyond being transferred between banks.They were too big for most business transactions.
Just my 2-cent piece
If you research your Whitman's Red Book, you will see that early , small denomination silver is rare for a reason; they never minted much of it .
I think Large cents, half cents, and various foreign coppers were about the only coins in decent supply for day to day commerce.
And considering wages and the costs of goods and services were nothing compared to today, and the fact that barter was very popular as well, would imply that not much in the way of money was carried on a daily basis. Especially when plowing one's field.
Think about how many years must have elapsed from the time a George II was dropped until an 1820 LC.There might be 50-75 years or more worth of coin drops in a given field.
Now,one early silver coin that was minted in comparatively large numbers is the 50 cent piece.
Look on ebay and see how many high condition specimens going back to 1812 or there abouts are available; literally thousands.
Interestingly, there are so many nice ones in existance because they rarely circulated beyond being transferred between banks.They were too big for most business transactions.
Just my 2-cent piece