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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 7603638, member: 13650&quot;]Yeah it was considered but then determined that it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to get modern presses to these mints, get all the materials and staff there and then ship it all back to where it came from.&nbsp; It was just too cost prohibitive for them to do it. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They obviously aren&#039;t going to crank out 175k on the old press at the CC mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; So they did the next best thing in recognition of the old mints.&nbsp; (Since we&#039;re well past the 100 year anniversary for them, I personally could have done without these privies, but they made them so I got some.&nbsp; The P,D,S would have been sufficient for me.)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I read that the original dies for these mints were made at Philadelphia and shipped out to the branch mints so even most of the original coins were made with Philly produced dies.&nbsp;&nbsp; Occasionally they would share dies and punch a new mintmark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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