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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;norantyki, post: 7639614, member: 118879&quot;]As an aside, it is also possible that chopmarked coins were later cur down after returning to the Americas in trade in East Asia, with some &#039;bits&#039; retaining the chopmark, thus resulting in a chopmarked minor.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t my field of expertise, but I do remember reading in a few places that underweight / fractional Spanish silver was generally melted into ingots by East Asian merchants owing to transaction cost / different trade behaviours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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