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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 1085035, member: 68"]What makes it a big deal to me is that usually very high percentages of the old coins will be redeemed and those old coins are destroyed. In many cases people just havn't saved any moderns because they contain no silver. This means virtually all of a specific coin can be utterly destroyed. </p><p><br /></p><p>In this particular case this isn't going to happen because this is a popular tourist destination and these coins have been carried home bu tourists all over the world. But it's probable that high percentages of the large denomination coins will still be redeemed. Even some mint sets still on the islands might be cut up and redeemed. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is also important to some collectors because they have significant amounts of poundage and other coins from the Dutch Antilles they might want to ship to get redeemed. I had enough French coins to bother to ship them back. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's always interesting to see how all this stuff develops. It's easier to predict the future if you keep up with the present.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 1085035, member: 68"]What makes it a big deal to me is that usually very high percentages of the old coins will be redeemed and those old coins are destroyed. In many cases people just havn't saved any moderns because they contain no silver. This means virtually all of a specific coin can be utterly destroyed. In this particular case this isn't going to happen because this is a popular tourist destination and these coins have been carried home bu tourists all over the world. But it's probable that high percentages of the large denomination coins will still be redeemed. Even some mint sets still on the islands might be cut up and redeemed. This is also important to some collectors because they have significant amounts of poundage and other coins from the Dutch Antilles they might want to ship to get redeemed. I had enough French coins to bother to ship them back. It's always interesting to see how all this stuff develops. It's easier to predict the future if you keep up with the present.[/QUOTE]
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