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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 761773, member: 6036&quot;]Interesting to note that in the early days the mint simply stored the dies in the coiner&#039;s vault. They were still serviceable. Which led to some intrigue...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mint workers retrieved old dies and made restrikes and fantasy pieces to order and sold &#039;em to collectors. This hustle started in the late 1850s after the start of the first coin collecting craze (after the 1857 retirement of the Large Cent).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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