16-year-old Coin Numismatist Gets Hold Of A Rare Coin As A Spare Change,uncovers Its Worth Years Later

By Apoorva Jha

Scarce Copper

Considering the scale of production of ammunition, copper was slowly becoming scarce all around the US which ultimately resulted in the government putting a ban on copper. This meant a ban from using copper for civilian use as well as a ban from using copper for producing coins. All of it was put to an end.