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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 78227, member: 112&quot;]They do it because mint employees were taking error coins that had been pulled from the batches to be released for circulation, smuggling them out of the mint and selling them on the open market for huge profits. The mint HATES errors - or anything else that might be considered as a rarity.</p><p><br /></p><p>So - they decided that all errors would be pulled and sent to the waffle machine to prevent the above from happening. So far - it has worked like a charm.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for taxpayers funding the mint - the mint is one of only two US Govt. agencies that actually operates at a profit. It doesn&#039;t cost us taxpayers one red cent&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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