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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2764639, member: 19463&quot;]If the mounting does not degrade the coin, wearing it will.&nbsp;&nbsp; If not worn, what is the purpose of having it mounted?&nbsp; If a $100 coin is used in a $1000 mounting, it ceases to be a coin and will not be restored to coin status until the mounting breaks and becomes scrap.&nbsp; Assuming it is not lost, how much the coin is degraded in the process is impossible to predict.&nbsp; Coins used in jewelry should be expendable and common, not a fine example of something (the countermark) that will not be appreciated in its life as jewelry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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