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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 4599923, member: 66"]Two comments, and a typo.</p><p><br /></p><p>You mention the act of 1792 established the cent with a weight of 11 pennyweights. After the Birch cent pattern was produced it was realized that the weight was much too high and it was reduced to 7 pennyweight before the circulation cents went into production. The silver center cents were an attempt to reduce the size of the authorized cent without reducing the intrinsic value. Eventually it was decided this was not practical and the cent was released with a metal value well less then the face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>The proclamation reducing the weight of the cent in December 1795 was actually done in January 1796 and backdated to December 1795. Since the 1795 cents come on both planchet weights, the 1795's were produced for a good portion of the first half of 1796.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the caption for the head of 95 cent that should be 208 grain not 218.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 4599923, member: 66"]Two comments, and a typo. You mention the act of 1792 established the cent with a weight of 11 pennyweights. After the Birch cent pattern was produced it was realized that the weight was much too high and it was reduced to 7 pennyweight before the circulation cents went into production. The silver center cents were an attempt to reduce the size of the authorized cent without reducing the intrinsic value. Eventually it was decided this was not practical and the cent was released with a metal value well less then the face value. The proclamation reducing the weight of the cent in December 1795 was actually done in January 1796 and backdated to December 1795. Since the 1795 cents come on both planchet weights, the 1795's were produced for a good portion of the first half of 1796. In the caption for the head of 95 cent that should be 208 grain not 218.[/QUOTE]
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