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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 4515703, member: 15588&quot;]Are you referring to the Wikipedia article passage: &quot;Despite the large number sold, many of the coins were either melted or released into circulation.&quot; You can click on the sources at the bottom of that page for more information.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one says &quot;Sales were abysmal, and many coins were either released into circulation or melted.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So they were melted for the silver because the coins apparently didn&#039;t sell. But this also contradicts the Wikipedia passage. Hm. Unless they mean that sales declined over time? From what I can gather they sold well in their first year but not in subsequent years, so surplus coins were melted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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