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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 703262, member: 19122&quot;]The commemoratives were supposed to celebrate some important anniversery of an historical event, but the series degenerated into a scheme to fleece collectors and was marked in some cases by outright fraud and cronyism, collectors who applied for a coin would be told the series was sold out, then lo and behold some connected dealer would just happen to have picked up a large stash of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that were actually sold at the events tend to have been mishandled more, harshly cleaned or used as lucky pocket pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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