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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 609925, member: 66&quot;]NCLT = Non-Circulating Legal Tender&nbsp; Coins with legal tender status but which are issued with no intention that they will ever be used in circulation, but whose primary function is to separate collectors from their money.&nbsp; Sometimes they will be made of precious metal , but more an more frequently they are being made of base metal with high face values.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the contract mints, there are many countries that do not have their own mint facilities but which have their coins, both NCLT and circulation issues, made by other mints under contract.&nbsp; Sometimes the mints are government mints and sometimes they are private mints.&nbsp; One of the largest private mints is the Pobjoy Mint.&nbsp; They produce commems and other NCLT coins for a great many countries around the world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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