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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;abe, post: 1007436, member: 19570&quot;]As far as I know the letters were added to the edge of old coinage because of people scraping the edges to get a few grains of silver and this would deter them. I guess it is for collectors since scraping the edge of these would get you manganese brass clad shavings. I&#039;d still like to hear a reasonable explanation of why we have edge lettering...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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