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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bill in Burl, post: 5226609, member: 23692&quot;]From when I have looked this topic up before in my references, 1797 was the last year the pennies and halfpennies(some halfpennies from 1799 were heavy as well) were initially minted with the value of the copper equal to the value of the coin monetarily.&nbsp; The price of copper went up, so the cost of making the coin with that much copper was losing money for the mint.&nbsp; So they went to a new design after 1797, making them much lighter.&nbsp; In this changing environment, many copies and forgeries came into being.&nbsp; That&#039;s the way that I remember it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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