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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RabidRick, post: 1988075, member: 37868&quot;]The striated coins were most likely mde the way they were to prevent forgery. I mean, it would be pretty difficult to make a counterfeit the same way.</p><p><br /></p><p>It wqs probably for this reason, and for aesthetic qulity as well. From memory, I think the earlier ones were much more simple like the quadripartite incuse squares. The later issues were more complicated and even had insignia on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure how they went about retiring old currency, if they even did. Looking at the countermarks they couldn&#039;t have gotten it all, anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, that&#039;s my best guess. Maybe someone knows the real answer?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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