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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiftypee, post: 114860, member: 4700&quot;]Hey folks:</p><p><br /></p><p>I did some reading a week ago, and found out that the reason governments switched to non-silver for circulating coins was the lack of supply and the cost of making the coin of silver in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>The info I got this from was the following...</p><p><br /></p><p>FINAL REPORT ON A STUDY OF ALLOYS SUITABLE FOR USE AS UNITED STATES COINAGE, TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, BUREAU OF THE MINT.</p><p><br /></p><p>by Battelle Memorial Institute</p><p>Columbus, Ohio 1965</p><p><br /></p><p>I read it from my local public library, so perhaps you who want to read it can do an interlibrary loan from your local library.</p><p><br /></p><p>See you all later.</p><p><br /></p><p>fiftypee : ][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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