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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7808963, member: 105098"]Coinage act of 1792</p><p>The coins were to contain the following markings:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>One side was to have an impression emblematic of liberty, with the inscription "Liberty", and the year of the coinage.</li> <li>The reverse side of each of the gold and silver coins was to have the figure or representation of an eagle with the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."</li> <li>The reverse of the copper coins was to have an inscription expressing the denomination.</li> </ul><p>silver or gold is no longer for circulation but in many cases this still holds to tradition on silver and gold products still produced by the mint, the only ones that don't comply are the S silver proof dime and these circulating commemorative quarters also in silver. the quarter complied as it was a silver design before becoming clad. </p><p> the kennedy half was silver when it started, so it has an eagle. now that it's clad, it could have been changed after 1998 once it hit 25 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>The dime as far as I can tell, complied until 1837 and for some reason the eagle was dropped from the reverse and never returned, there must be a reason for that somewhere..... it could be just that on such a small coin the eagle didn't look good so they stopped doing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>you aren't wrong, but a bit off on the reason for the eagle. if it contained silver or gold it was supposed to have an eagle on it. not sure why the dime changed in 1837 though... this is a puzzle to me. LOL[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7808963, member: 105098"]Coinage act of 1792 The coins were to contain the following markings: [LIST] [*]One side was to have an impression emblematic of liberty, with the inscription "Liberty", and the year of the coinage. [*]The reverse side of each of the gold and silver coins was to have the figure or representation of an eagle with the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." [*]The reverse of the copper coins was to have an inscription expressing the denomination. [/LIST] silver or gold is no longer for circulation but in many cases this still holds to tradition on silver and gold products still produced by the mint, the only ones that don't comply are the S silver proof dime and these circulating commemorative quarters also in silver. the quarter complied as it was a silver design before becoming clad. the kennedy half was silver when it started, so it has an eagle. now that it's clad, it could have been changed after 1998 once it hit 25 years. The dime as far as I can tell, complied until 1837 and for some reason the eagle was dropped from the reverse and never returned, there must be a reason for that somewhere..... it could be just that on such a small coin the eagle didn't look good so they stopped doing it. you aren't wrong, but a bit off on the reason for the eagle. if it contained silver or gold it was supposed to have an eagle on it. not sure why the dime changed in 1837 though... this is a puzzle to me. LOL[/QUOTE]
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