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英语翻译A silver dollar is not worth a dollar — nor is any other

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英语翻译
A silver dollar is not worth a dollar — nor is any other silver coin really worth its face value. Silver coins are made of any alloy — a mixture of 10 per cent copper and 90 per cent silver — which lasts much longer in circulation than pure silver would. A silver dollar contains 90 cents worth of silver and a dime has 9 cents worth. It takes only a penny worth of silver to make a nickel.
This was not the case in 1792,when the United States began minting coins of pure gold and silver. Citizens were welcome to stop anytime with gold or silver in any form — cups,vases,or even gold fillings from their teeth — and have it melted down for spending money.
Today the mints in Philadelphia and Denver earn a yearly profit of about $40 million. Most of this comes from using alloys rather than pure silver in the production of the $2.5 billion worth of coins circulating in the United States. The Philadelphia plant also produces coins for foreign countries. In a recent year almost 130 million coins were made for the use of foreign governments.
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【手工译文】
一美元银币的本身价值并不到一美元——其它银币也一样,其本身价值达不到它的面值.银币是用合金制成的——10%的铜和90%的银混合——在流通中它的使用寿命远远超过纯银币.一美元银币含有值90美分的银,一角银币含有值9美分的银.用只值一美分的银就可以造出五分镍币了.
在1792年可不是这样,那时美国用纯金和纯银制造硬币.政府鼓励公民随时提供各种形式的金银——杯子、花瓶、甚至镶牙的金子——熔化后制成货币.
如今,费城和丹佛的造币厂每年盈利约四千万美元.绝大部分利润来自使用合金代替纯银来生产在美国流通的价值25亿美元的硬币.费城工厂还为其它国家制造硬币.近年来为其它国家政府制造了约1.3亿的硬币.