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[-] WiseThat@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

I don't understand the point of making a coin that has ~$3500 worth of gold in it, and then giving it an official face value of $50.

[-] anachronist@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Goldbugs have a lot of nostalgia for the Gilded Age, so they put the face value it where it would have been in 1896.

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