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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terry Dubya, post: 2192133, member: 72985&quot;]I regularly do business at the site of the old Franklin mint, and am somewhat of an amateur historian as is one of the executives on the grounds that I work with.&nbsp; In comparing notes and discussing your paper, we thought it would be good to ask if you would take the history all the way to closing?</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of tidbits I&#039;ve learned from my colleague - the reason it closed was that they produced a Princess Di commemorative before learning that her image was protected (rumor).&nbsp; The Brits basically sued them out of existence over it.&nbsp; Also, the rumor is that when they closed, they had an unknown quantity of PM plates in a vault.&nbsp; They apparently hired a lock-smith to open the vault, the plates were not audited when removed and nobody knows if they were all silver, if there were gold/platinum plates, how many, where they went, etc etc.&nbsp; Fascinating stuff to someone with the time and means to research details!!</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorite things to do while on-site is walk around to the front, and look at the run-down wreck that the mint museum has become over the years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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