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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 448150, member: 68&quot;]Relatively few gold coins have seen heavy circulation in history.&nbsp; There are numerous notable exceptions like the British gold from the 17th and 18th centuries.&nbsp; It&#039;s just as well since the weight loss&nbsp; of coins would be substantial over the 17 centuries they&#039;ve been in use.&nbsp; It depends on design but coins have to be withdrawn and recoined when they lose 3 to 5% of their weight because they start losing so much detail that they are too easily counterfeited.&nbsp; Not a lot of silver coins have had to be withdrawn and recoined either but most silver gets widespread circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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