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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 613559, member: 6647&quot;]An example of why from the Spanish colonial mints:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It was found in the 1640&#039;s at the Lima mint that the mint workers were lowering the silver content of the coins they made and pocketing the difference. This caused a great deal of chaos in the economic system, since when people discovered this, they were compelled to create a lowered standard of exchange relative to coinage of other places. The royal degree from the Spanish king, besides punish the mint workers, was to make mandatory the impression of the date, assayer&#039;s initials and mint insignia. That way, any coin found after that time could be traced definitively to its source in the event of cheating.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>May not sound immediately applicable to the case of IHC&#039;s, but the tradition lives on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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