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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 263693, member: 8247&quot;]Awhile back, there was a footnote on the USMints website on the page that had a table of coin specifications.&nbsp; The footnote stated that SBA&#039;s were uncurrent and the mint melted any that were returned to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I assume that as the Federal Reserve doesn&#039;t return coins to the mint often, that it was probably a true statement and that almost none were returned.&nbsp; I remember the statement as it was what prompted me to start putting in a jar any SBA&#039;s that I found.&nbsp; This may have been the desired effect without actually melting any coins.&nbsp; Prompting people to hoard them is much cheaper than actually filtering them out of circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since then, the coin specification table has been updated and no long listed the SBA or IKE specifications.&nbsp; Don&#039;t know if there is a way to find an archived copy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree, removing the silver SBA&#039;s is the first step to trying to get dollar coins back in circulation.&nbsp; I also think the Mint should work on a strategy to convince businesses in high theft areas to switch from dollar bills to dollar coins as very few thieves go after the change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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