Re:Why do U.S. coins seem to be in short supply?
by kd5bjo on Monday July 20, 2020 @11:20AM
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> You could never trust the other person (or the person who fooled them) to not mix some less valuable metal on with their coins
Another major problem was people taking shavings from the edge of coins and trying to pass them off as unaltered; it's the reason many coins have some kind of pattern imprinted around the edge.
Another major problem was people taking shavings from the edge of coins and trying to pass them off as unaltered; it's the reason many coins have some kind of pattern imprinted around the edge.