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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 57550, member: 3011&quot;]I almost get the feeling that until recently the mint was almost afraid to allow much variation in coinage and products; almost as if there was some sort of hidden risk to it.&nbsp; Maybe there was a deeply ingrained feeling that gold and silver content was important to the acceptance of coinage, and once it was removed they didn&#039;t want to risk doing anything to make the money less &quot;respectible.&quot;&nbsp; This is just a guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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