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Posted 12/02/2015 10:36 am
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but are you sure this is for counterfeiting? I don't know much about this kind of stuff, but is there a possibility that this is how they made dimes back in 1854.
but are you sure this is for counterfeiting? I don't know much about this kind of stuff, but is there a possibility that this is how they made dimes back in 1854.
It is definitely for counterfeiting, US coins have been struck by dies in a coining press since the start of the US Mint in 1793. They have never been made through casting. With the exception of some far eastern countries casting has almost never been the method used to create genuine coins. Mainly because cast coins would be too easy to counterfeit.
