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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tommyc03, post: 2592988, member: 17665&quot;]Someone please correct me if I&#039;m wrong but (after seeing the ransom coin) that the U.S went after the foreign countries involved in the War of 1812 for reparation, and were paid in their countries gold &amp; silver coins. It was quite a read, I think in Numismatic News. The coins were melted down and the funds were used to re-balance the budget. It was a fiasco though as Congress also passed laws to stop shipping good to those countries unless the reparations were paid. Wish I had a link to share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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