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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3154930, member: 19463"]The famous coin tale is when the mint first issues V nickels without the word cents. People would paint them gold and hand them to a clerk for a small purchase who might give change for a $5 gold piece but if he didn't the crook could claim they were only expecting it to be taken as 5 cents. Is this story true or did the mint add 'cents' to later nickels just for fun?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3154930, member: 19463"]The famous coin tale is when the mint first issues V nickels without the word cents. People would paint them gold and hand them to a clerk for a small purchase who might give change for a $5 gold piece but if he didn't the crook could claim they were only expecting it to be taken as 5 cents. Is this story true or did the mint add 'cents' to later nickels just for fun?[/QUOTE]
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