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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lon Chaney, post: 1519926, member: 29844&quot;]That&#039;s due to the Coinage Act of 1834 (that date may be off, but it was somewhere in the early to mid-1800s).&nbsp; They lowered the weight of all silver coins except for dollars.&nbsp; That&#039;s why Bust dimes are a different size than seated dimes, for example.&nbsp; Why they didn&#039;t adjust the weight of dollars, I&#039;m not sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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