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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 12/1/2004, you wrote:
> The idea of having small gold and silver coins was that most purveyors of 
> goods will not be able to make change if the sky has fallen.

What I know of as "junk silver" is a bag of silver coins with a face value 
of I think $1000.  These are the coins that are worth the value of the 
silver they were minted with.  The last I heard it was something like $7000.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com