Vernal Express | 1896-11-19 | Page 3 | Why the Dollar of 1804 is Rare

why ohp dollar of 1804 la rare I 1 here are two stories regarding the carlt rarity of the silver dollar of 1804 the most generally accepted one being the one which accounts for the Ecar scarcity city by saying that they were sent to africa to flay ay he soldiers engaged in war aar between 4 country and tripoli there were fal 19 of them coined another elstun of the story which accounts for their rarity Is 1 that hat a vessel bound td d china with ith almost the entire mintage of that beir was lost I 1 lie he former story appears ta 9 b bg the moat likely explanation