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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 25481003, member: 66&quot;]Silver and gold, yes, Base metal brass no.&nbsp; Gold and silver coins had nearly their full face value of metal in them, the base metal coins did not.&nbsp; They basically made no money coining gold or silver, they did make profits on the copper/brass coinage.&nbsp; At the first US mint it was intended that the profits on the copper coins would pay all of the expenses of the Mint.&nbsp; Took awhile before that actually worked out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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