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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Swervo513, post: 1611666, member: 42720&quot;]<span style="color: #333333"><font face="Helvetica">&quot;The Philadelphia Mint began production of 1893-dated Columbian Commemorative Halves on January 3 of that year. A grand total of 4,052,105 pieces were produced (including 2,105 coins for assay purposes), but sales were nowhere near the levels hoped for by government officials. The Mint destroyed all of the unsold coins. That amounted to 2,501,700 coins which were melted.&quot;</font></span>[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif]<span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif]<span style="color: #333333">In 1892 only 950,000 were minted</span>[/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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