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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Doug21, post: 1466243, member: 5650&quot;]So tell me again why coins even really need a date or MM on them ! The buff nick and SLQ, designers&nbsp; Shirley&nbsp; ( Airplane reference)&nbsp; placed the date in a high zone ! Can&#039;t you reasonably expect the date would wear off. An otherwise solid Good coin usually has no date.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can see doing it now for marketing reasons since the US Mint kind of sort of morphed into a combination of the RCM and Franklin mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>in 1920, they didn&#039;t really market their wares....maybe a few proofs as more of a service !</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe dates and MM&quot;s are just tradition and all modern stuff is merely profiteering ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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