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**effebrala** · 09-04-2012, 02:29 PM

my first guess would be to stretch out the raw materials further...making more with less, so to speak...

not sure of the numbers, but how much silver could they realistically be pulling out of the ground back then? old tech and all that...

...ETA-

maybe it would have something to do with counterfitting or copyrighting? they can't patent silver, but they can patent an alloy...

...just my random thoughts.

09-04-2012, 02:29 PM	#2
effebrala Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 594 Senior Member	my first guess would be to stretch out the raw materials further...making more with less, so to speak... not sure of the numbers, but how much silver could they realistically be pulling out of the ground back then? old tech and all that... ...ETA- maybe it would have something to do with counterfitting or copyrighting? they can't patent silver, but they can patent an alloy... ...just my random thoughts.
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