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Coins are a weird one because I don’t think any of the ones in common circulation are worth significantly more than melt value.

Yeah, but then look at all the oddities that occurred when they were made of precious metals, and the resulting economic impacts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_coin_debasement

https://www.goldavenue.com/en/blog/newsletter-precious-metal...

https://page-one.springer.com/pdf/preview/10.1057/9780230118...

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