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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 7938302, member: 21705&quot;]I don&#039;t think they&#039;re FAKES so much as Trial Pieces by people trying to compete with or join the MINT.&nbsp; Private MINTs were common and any coinage produced was circulated because of a shortage of all coinage. Foreign coins were everywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>They appear to have had some connection with the MINT because they had both old thick and new thin planchet stock.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, fakes and electrotypes are always a concern, though this looks more like the latter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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