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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ranchhand, post: 163880, member: 2622&quot;]IMO no, they did add copper to the silver and gold to &quot;harden&quot; it. </p><p>off the top of my head, old gold coins where around 90% gold, the rest was silver and coper. </p><p>As to the silver coins, they where also a composition. Silver is actually pretty durable.</p><p>I think the main reason was that the metal in the coins was worth more then the coins denomination.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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