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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1450501, member: 37479&quot;]I just read this, which might make an interesting collection goal</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Nonetheless the exiled government realised there would be a currency shortfall after the war and arranged for more than 560 million silver coins to be minted in the United States. These were shipped to the UK and then distributed in the Netherlands by the allied forces on liberation. But the project was not a success. People hoarded the coins and melted down the silver so there was soon not enough currency in circulation. In 1948 the silver was made obsolete and substituted for nickel coins.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/business/2001/euro_cash/spent_currencies/guilder.stm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/business/2001/euro_cash/spent_currencies/guilder.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/business/2001/euro_cash/spent_currencies/guilder.stm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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