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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 26524328, member: 73489&quot;]Very interesting, thanks for posting.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What was the purpose for these small, generally &quot;poor&quot; countries to have limited mintage of gold coins ?&nbsp; Was it for an elite few, maybe the government or military juntas ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly, the volume was not sufficient for general distribution (I doubt they would be circulated) and I don&#039;t believe any of these countries were on any gold standard.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>As with the Vatican, I think these are almost minted as annual commemoratives, no ?</b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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