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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 308300, member: 66&quot;]No the decrease in silver and gold production was because of a fire at the mint in early 1816 which destroyed the rolling mill used to to roll out the gold and silver ingots into strip.&nbsp; It took a long time to rebuild and the rolling mill was very difficut to replace.&nbsp; The rollers were pretty much beyond American technology of the day to forge and had to be imported.&nbsp; (The mint had tried domesticly produced rollers in the past but they had not been satifactory.&nbsp; That was one reason why they prefered to import the copper in planchet form already ready for striking rather than use the rolling mill to produce their own.&nbsp; They saved the rollers for the softer silver and gold.)&nbsp; The weight of the gold coins were not changed until 1834, silver wasn&#039;t altered until 1853, but the fineness was changed in 1837.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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