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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 11205438, member: 105571&quot;]That&#039;s what I always read.&nbsp; To avoid the cost and risk of sending unrefined gold/silver cross country.&nbsp; I doubt that local distribution of coinage was the primary reason but it may have played a part, particularly with Carson City.&nbsp; With CC, not only was the silver local to the mint, but coining there eliminated the cost and risk of shipping coins back west from Philly or NO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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