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<p>[QUOTE="CaptHenway, post: 4747855, member: 13813"]Branch mints were established near where precious metals were mined (Charlotte, Dahlonega, San Francisco, Carson City, Denver) or imported in trade (New Orleans) to minimize the shipping risks involved in moving the metals to a mint. The shipping of minor coins from Philadelphia to where they were needed was a much lower risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, specific to the three cent nickel piece, much of the nickel used at the Philadelphia Mint from 1856-on was mined in Pennsylvania. They knew how to handle it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CaptHenway, post: 4747855, member: 13813"]Branch mints were established near where precious metals were mined (Charlotte, Dahlonega, San Francisco, Carson City, Denver) or imported in trade (New Orleans) to minimize the shipping risks involved in moving the metals to a mint. The shipping of minor coins from Philadelphia to where they were needed was a much lower risk. Also, specific to the three cent nickel piece, much of the nickel used at the Philadelphia Mint from 1856-on was mined in Pennsylvania. They knew how to handle it.[/QUOTE]
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