Steel, Silver, and Paper: How the 1942–1944 Wartime Coin Shortage Drove Americans to Hoard Currency and Shaped Note Survivorship Forever
When wartime metal demands stripped coins from American pockets between 1942 and 1944, millions of citizens turned to paper currency as an everyday substitute, unknowingly creating one of the most fascinating survivorship patterns in modern US note collecting. Understanding this hoarding behavior unlocks why certain series from this era survive in unexpectedly high grades today, while others remain stubbornly scarce.
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