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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2023882, member: 12789&quot;]They used the correct fineness and weight of gold, the profit was the difference betwixt the lower gold value and the higher face value of the coin.&nbsp; At that time I recall the gold was $500-600 and the face value in the neighbourhood of $880 or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Japan has also had problems of another sort with the 500 yen coin in cupronickel, these actually do circulate quite a lot - a coin worth more than $5 with about a quarters worth of metal in it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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