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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 8106453, member: 24754&quot;]Certainly not my field of expertise, but I always assumed that the punches were meant to serve as the &quot;Stamp of Approval&quot; with respect to weight and purity, and to make them at least a little difficult to counterfeit. If someone wanted to produce a counterfeit, then they could just punch the slug before plating, so it seems to me that exposing the core wouldn&#039;t be the purpose.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure there are plenty of people in here that have a more definitive answer than that though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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