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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1890582, member: 66&quot;]Paying out the coins was exchanging one form of currency for another,not a payment of a debt or other payment.&nbsp; The object of restricting the paying out was to use the base metal coins to redeem paper currency, especially the fractional notes, rather than using precious metal.&nbsp; Or&nbsp; to exchange base metal coinage for gold or silver.&nbsp; Exchanging base metal for base metal provided no advantage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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