Sales continued after it closed .
By October 1923 , Sales had dropped off to almost nothing , and the banks holding them released the remaining nine - tenths of the mintage into circulation , which accounts for the wear on most surviving specimens .
Sales continued after it closed , but by October 1923 , they had dropped off to almost nothing , and the banks holding them released the remaining nine - tenths of the mintage into circulation , which accounts for the wear on most surviving specimens .