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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 735470, member: 6036&quot;]I seem to recall reading accounts of mint officials being sometimes disappointed with Boulton&#039;s planchets. </p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, Boulton sometimes sold the worst, off-spec planchets overseas (i.e. here). Also, it&#039;s possible the planchets were exposed to salty sea air, humidity, and maybe even water - apparently, some of the planchets arrived pretty dark (almost black).</p><p><br /></p><p>Isn&#039;t true that certain issues after 1797 were made from mint-rolled stock ? I forget the year the mint became more self-supporting planchet wise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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