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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1812861, member: 57463&quot;]&quot;Genuine Cleaning&quot;&nbsp; hahaha like the Byron Reed 1804 Dollar.&nbsp; Cleaned by a museum curator every few years to remove the tarmish; and after being certified it went from About Uncirculated to Proof 64:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But we believe that the <b>original</b> 1804 Dollars were made as new-strikes (Russian &quot;novodel&quot; for the special coins struck by the Mint for nobles) on the order of President Jackson for <b>distribution</b> to princes and similar potentates when the US fleet was seeking ports of convenience.&nbsp; The Sultan of Oman and the King of Siam were among the recipients.&nbsp; So who was this &quot;unknown woman&quot; who bought one for face value from the Mint? I mean, how did they know it was a woman?&nbsp; How did Parmalee find her?&nbsp; Most likely, Lorin G. Paramlee paid a Mint worker to find the dies and make him one. What do Bressett and Newman say?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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