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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 861715, member: 22143&quot;]To be fair, Congress created the specifications for the coin which the mint probably would not have picked had they been left to decide the diameter of the coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I did the quick math and the difference of a 3 in diameter coin vs 2.55 makes for some tough engineering.&nbsp; &nbsp; The average thickness of the Libertad is more than a 1/3 greater than what the quarter bullion will have to be.&nbsp; And this much thinner coin has to cover 38% more area.&nbsp;&nbsp; If this wasn&#039;t bad enough, Congress also spec&#039;d edge lettering on this thin wide coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I did the math right I get an average thickness of just 128 mills or rather 3.25 mm for this coin. Of course coins are not completely flat so there will be places where it will have to be thinner than this.&nbsp; This compares to ~3 mm for the ASE.&nbsp; IMO, the US Mint is probably at the cutting edge with this coin and is most likely going to break new ground with it&#039;s production.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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