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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mkwelbornjr, post: 722251, member: 17034&quot;]Franklin Mint sold all minting equipment off in 2002...and later became an entirely different company with the same name and thankfully some of the same people and tooling.&nbsp; They may have one in archives which I am checking on...as I would like to find a replacement if I can&#039;t fix this.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The gold plating may be the key.&nbsp; They apply a mask...paint the surface with some non-conductive coating, plate the exposed areas, then strip it off.&nbsp; Maybe some residue was left on there?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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