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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7669568, member: 115909&quot;]I’m curious if anyone happens to know if American gold &amp; silver coins were ever clipped or sweated?</p><p><br /></p><p>Like has anyone seen any proof of say a Double Eagle or Morgan dollar that has been clipped?</p><p><br /></p><p>A Double Eagle is ~1 troy oz of gold so it seems like it would be possible to shave like a gram off each coin and melt that into bullion and profit off of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If so was there any sort of risk or punishment for people who did it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently it happened all the time in Ancient times and Medieval times but I’ve never seen an example of a clipped American coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317875[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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