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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 8149097, member: 12789&quot;]Look no farther than the USA to see an anomaly with coinage.&nbsp; The reason the larger denomination coin is smaller is because originally it was silver while the smaller denomination coin was a base metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=102103]@The Eidolon[/USER] notes the dime is smaller than the nickel, but being that they are both base metal cupro-nickel the nickel actually has more metal value now.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW [USER=25270]@Hiddendragon[/USER] I really like those Ghanian coins.&nbsp; Ghana has been an independent nation for almost 65 years and is one of the few countries in that part of the world with a stable electoral democracy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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