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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1150471, member: 19065"]And like they always do, they minted more UHR $20s than they could sell and purportedly did melt those remainders down. I read that in one of the coin blogs a while back, but can't find the figure. It was pretty significant how many beyond the 115,178 sold that they melted. Such a waste and shame to produce them, store them, then melt these fine looking coins. I guess all the boxes, books, etc. get incinerated too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I could find that article again where I read the figure they had to melt down for other precious metals coin programs use. Coin News? Mint News Blog? Numismatic News? Coin Update.... so many sources to sift through.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1150471, member: 19065"]And like they always do, they minted more UHR $20s than they could sell and purportedly did melt those remainders down. I read that in one of the coin blogs a while back, but can't find the figure. It was pretty significant how many beyond the 115,178 sold that they melted. Such a waste and shame to produce them, store them, then melt these fine looking coins. I guess all the boxes, books, etc. get incinerated too. :( I wish I could find that article again where I read the figure they had to melt down for other precious metals coin programs use. Coin News? Mint News Blog? Numismatic News? Coin Update.... so many sources to sift through.[/QUOTE]
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