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\nLess than 31 million coins were shipped to the Fed during the first quarter of this fiscal year, the report said. The Mint didn’t plan to ship any coins to Federal Reserve banks during the second and third quarters.
\nEarly next year, the Mint, working closely with the Fed banks, will check out demand for the golden dollars and decide whether or not it should resume production coins intended for public circulation.<\/p>\n
Pity, that. I like a “unit” coin idea. It’s just never caught on with the public in general. For reasons I can only attribute to general conservativism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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