The girls are back in town

[DarkChameleon]

A full set of capped busts, the silver sisters 1830 50c, 1835 25c, 183610c & 1835 5c.

[DarkChameleon]

It's amazing how small a half dime is when compared to,a 50c....in england the smaller the coin the larger it was especially cartwheel pennies.

[Murph]

Why is it nearly all the older US coins I see are so worn compared to UK coins?

[DarkChameleon]

1 hour ago, Murph said:

Why is it nearly all the older US coins I see are so worn compared to UK coins?

Probably a lot more people handled them..I'm thinking even in the 1800s there were probably 3 times more people and greater distances between people for coins to travel...oh and all those stage coach robberies and stuff...lol.

[mr1030]

Early U.S. coins tended to circulate for a longer period of time as well.  Until the silver Comstock load was discovered and additional mints were built, the Government had a hard time providing enough coinage to supply the growing population.  Thats why Spanish reales were legal tender into the 1850's, and California minted gold coins even after the Federal Government declared them illegal.

[DarkChameleon]

36 minutes ago, mr1030 said:

Early U.S. coins tended to circulate for a longer period of time as well.  Until the silver Comstock load was discovered and additional mints were built, the Government had a hard time providing enough coinage to supply the growing population.  Thats why Spanish reales were legal tender into the 1850's, and California minted gold coins even after the Federal Government declared them illegal.

That makes sense..when I was looking into the capped coins i was suprised there wasn't a capped dollar but the draped was still in circulation...maybe a reason they got stamped to try and make almost slick coins still legal tender for some stores.

[dicker]

Cracking coins. Thanks for posting