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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1001039, member: 15929&quot;]Yes, his designs for the New York and Rhode Island State Quarters was accepted by the US Mint but he did not buy the Grabener Press &quot;from&quot; the US Mint. That is definitely an incorrect statement by the HSN folks.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To quote from the Moonlight Mint Web page:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;<font face="Arial"><font size="2">When the Denver Mint ceased production of commemorative coins in the late 1990s, the press became surplus.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was sold at auction in 2001, and then sat disassembled and collected dust for six years in a warehouse outside Denver.&nbsp;&nbsp; Moonlight Mint acquired it in early 2007 and completed the restoration in December 2008.&quot;</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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