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<p>[QUOTE="LakeEffect, post: 3199215, member: 43201"]Little known fact: in 1922 the Denver Mint lost the key to the silver vault for 8 days in June, and were forced to mint dollars on chrome plated steel planchets. The hard steel blanks resulted in horribly soft strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the night custodian got back from his vacation, he realized he had put the key in his locker, and normal production resumed. So, as the seller correctly points out, these are VERY rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LakeEffect, post: 3199215, member: 43201"]Little known fact: in 1922 the Denver Mint lost the key to the silver vault for 8 days in June, and were forced to mint dollars on chrome plated steel planchets. The hard steel blanks resulted in horribly soft strikes. When the night custodian got back from his vacation, he realized he had put the key in his locker, and normal production resumed. So, as the seller correctly points out, these are VERY rare.[/QUOTE]
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