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The Nation - News from March 12, 1986

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The United States presented a set of Statue of Liberty commemorative coins to French officials in Washington, beginning an international sales campaign for the coins. Donna Pope, director of the U.S. Mint, said the coins presented to Ambassador Emmanuel de Margerie were in appreciation of the statue, a gift from the French people, and a symbol of “the precious ideals of liberty.”

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