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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 7946351, member: 66&quot;]Back in the 19th century&nbsp; collectors and numismatic society could request examples of pattern coins from the mint.&nbsp; Base metal patterns would often be supplied at no cost.&nbsp; For patterns struck in gold or silver they had to reimburse the mint for the vlue of the metal they contained so that the bullion accounts would balance.&nbsp; Some patterns were deliberately sold to collectors, for example the mint sold 12 coin sets of the cent patterns of 1858 and 59.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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