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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1734085, member: 112&quot;]The purpose of any pattern is to get a mint, your own or somebody else&#039;s, to select that design for use as a coin. And it doesn&#039;t have to be for use as circulating coin. For example it could be for a commem or a special collector issue as well. And that&#039;s why it doesn&#039;t matter who makes the pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes mints solicit patterns from various designers. And sometimes they don&#039;t solicit them at all but still receive them just because people know they are considering coming out with a new coin.. But in either case the designer of the pattern is hoping to get paid for his work, which is why he does the work in the first place. But usually he only gets paid if his design is selected.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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