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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1459029, member: 39&quot;]Saying that coins made after a certain year are almost always junk would be apodictic for me. But even in arts, architecture, etc. there are people who say that almost everything made in the past, say, 50 years is trash. Obviously I do not share that view, but we all have different personal opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>For much of Europe, the end of WW2 in 1945 would be a good starting point, except that political and monetary &quot;stabilization&quot; took a little, hence my suggestion of roughly 1950. For most of Africa, the &quot;line&quot; would be about 1960.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a technical point of view, hammered vs milled is an important &quot;break&quot; too, but many aspects of coinage came much later, notably the idea that coins - like notes - are basically vouchers that could in theory be made from any material. Guess that, after a few more posts, we will still not come to any kind of agreement, but we&#039;ll have a fine compilation of possible criteria ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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