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The Mint’s Other Offering: Medals

he United States Mint has been pounding out a river of coins for the past several decades that is large enough that virtually all of us who collect can find something we like within that torrent. Whether it is something low cost, like the annual proof sets, something in the middle range, like modern commemorative issues, or something that might qualify as screamingly expensive, like palladium 1-ounce coins, there seems to be one or more type of coin that appeals to everyone’s taste. So it might be something of an eye-opener to realize that the Mint goes far

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