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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3586369, member: 66&quot;]OK, you folks want primary documents here you go&nbsp; Public law 92 passed by the 80th congress June 14, 1947</p><p><br /></p><p>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3533 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 346) is amended by striking out the word &quot;three-thousandths&quot; and inserting in lieu thereof the word six-thousandths&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Section 3536 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 349), is amended to read as follows: &quot;In adjusting the weight of silver coins the following deviations shall not be exceeded in any single piece: In the dollar, six grains; <b>in the half-dollar, four grains;</b> in the quarter-dollar, three grains; and in the dime, one and one-half grains.&quot; Approved June 14, 1947.</p><p><br /></p><p>That changed the tolerance on the half dollar from 1.5 grains (.097 grams) to 4 grains (.259 grams)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to look at the statute itself</p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/80th-congress/session-1/c80s1ch104.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/80th-congress/session-1/c80s1ch104.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/80th-congress/session-1/c80s1ch104.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t matter that you haven&#039;t been able to find a half dollar that heavy, the LEGAL tolerance is from 1947 to 1964 was +/- .259 grams.&nbsp; It was NOT a typo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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