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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1433818, member: 26302&quot;]Because modern coins are struck in a collar to provide uniform flow of metal, uniform thickness, and uniform diameter. As such, you need to strike within a collar to meet these specs. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason some are reeded or have words in them originally was to prevent thieves from shaving PM off a coin and making a coin lightweight but pass it off for full value, and profiting from the PM shavings. With base metal coins this is not a concern, but we keep them for historical sake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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