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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furham, post: 24555466, member: 19750&quot;]I did a little research on this coin.&nbsp; It seems that in 1853 because of the cost of silver they decided to reduce the weight of all silver coins by 7%.&nbsp; The diameter remained the same, but the weight for half dimes went from 1.34g in 1852 to 1.24g in 1853.&nbsp; Evidently they reduced the thickness.&nbsp; Over 13 million were minted in 1853 and that is quite a large number.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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