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OldSkoolMadSkilz Pillar of the Community United States 2077 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 7:16 pm Came across a listing for an 1804 newspaper. It had an article about mint production. Here's a quote from the end: Quote: Many of the coins of the United States have found their way to Great-Britain; where they are in good credit and readily received. We want our coins back! Report this Post to the Staff

amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 7:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 7:26 pm Quote: We want our coins back! They have made their way to Australia as well I think I'll just keep mine Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 7:35 pm I was able a few years back to repatriate an 1898-S dime from Great Britain. This year and mint is notorious for having been sent to the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. They come back in high grade but cleaned. I can only wonder how such a decent coin made its way across the Pond. Perhaps a Brit took a tour of the American West and took it home as a souvenir. Report this Post to the Staff
TrickyxMick Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 7:36 pm Send me anything from the 18 hundreds Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 8:29 pm Might not have to travel quite so far. One of the reasons they stopped minting Draped Bust Dollars is that they were slightly lighter than Spanish milled dollars, but in the Caribbean, they were trading one for one. Speculators would take a load of US dollars down there and return with those pieces of eight, and take them back to the Mint, to be made in to Draped Busts. Repeat as necessary! Anybody want to head for the Bahamas on a Draped Bust dollar hunt? Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 8:57 pm I do not think that there is any hope that you will get your coins back. Those less than .900 fine silver dollars and half dollars were most probably melted down, a little extra silver added, then recycled into good British .925 silver currency. Report this Post to the Staff
Islander2010 Valued Member Canada 220 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 9:14 pm I agree, that debased silver would have rapidly been turned into proper Sterling upon reaching England... Report this Post to the Staff
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