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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;catbox_9, post: 193028, member: 7344&quot;]The mint doesn&#039;t want them to be medals so they put a value on them. Technically, they are legal tender so you could spend them for $50. Most merchants won&#039;t accept them (that&#039;s my guess at least, I&#039;ve never tried) since they&#039;d have no idea what they were.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason they&#039;re worth $50 and not more is if the mint made them $600 or somthing like that but then gold went way down in value they might start circulating or something like that. Actually, I don&#039;t see why that would matter since if they sell a $500 face value coin for $700 and gold goes to $10 an ounce (yeah right) who cares if people use them for $500, the mint would still make a profit. I think that&#039;s the logic but it still doesn&#039;t make a whole lot of sense. Perhaps someone can further my answer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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