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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

i know china does this with gold tender, i'm not sure if this is just chinese, or if this is more global, but when doing transactions it's customary to take a nips to the gold to make sure it's solid gold all the way through so eventually it ends up with a number of little bite marks in it.