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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 3254113, member: 20480&quot;]I would select a topic which marks a radical change in US coinage . . . </p><p><br /></p><p>Why?&nbsp; Because there is likely to be an opportunity to make the content more interesting, both to you and to your audience.&nbsp; Again . . . Why?&nbsp; Because change is usually the result of a need for it.&nbsp; You&#039;ll have twice as much material to write / speak about, and the obvious linkage between cause and effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, it may provide you a more than superficial understanding of a subject which might be given little more than a token paragraph in most texts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great examples might be the introduction of nickel-alloy coinage in 1856, the proliferation of odd denominations in the mid-1800s, the replacement of silver with clad coinage in 1964, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best wishes . . .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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