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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jcz1, post: 815934, member: 20494&quot;]I think somebody needs to go back to math class. My browser here at work won&#039;t let me view coinnews.net, so I don&#039;t know who it is that needs the refresher course, but here&#039;s why...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The current Silver Eagle is roughly 1.5 inches, so the new coins will be about double the size. Since both coins are silver, we can equate weight with volume. The volume of a cylinder is proportional to the square of the radius. So doubling the radius would quadruple the volume, at the current thickness. But the 5 ounce coin is obviously 5 times the volume of the one ounce coin, so in fact the new bullion coins will need to be slightly thicker than the current Silver Eagles. (My calcs show a new thickness of 4.23 mm versus 2.98 for the ASE.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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