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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2848765, member: 66&quot;]Probably for the same reason we now have cent planchets made for our mint it was cheaper and easier than making them themselves.&nbsp; We had excess capacity at the time and they didn&#039;t so they contracted with us to make them.&nbsp; Same for making the coins.&nbsp; Some countries don&#039;t have their own mints and contract out their coin production.&nbsp; In some cases during the second world war we produced coinage for other governments in exile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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