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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 8128416, member: 21705&quot;]My middle son graduated from there as well between service tours of Afghanistan. Tour 1. Corporal, Tour 2. Sargent, Michigan Tech Honors in Engineering, Tour 3. Lieutenant, Stateside. Captain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now he&#039;s at Texas A&amp;M going for a PHD.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the information I can glean up through 1807, the original attempts&nbsp; using scrap copper did not work well and they began purchasing copper blanks from suppliers in England when possible. The advantage there was they didn&#039;t have to be rolled out into blanks which was a chore for the early mint. There was an inordinate amount of lamination and cutting problems using the scrap copper in the early days of the mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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