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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3791981, member: 66"][USER=13813]@CaptHenway[/USER] Coin World Almanac.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1976 and 1977 editions agree with you, but they also give that same tolerance for ALL half dollars early 90%, late 90%, 40% silver and copper nickel clad.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1987, 1990, and 2011 editions give the tolerances as .097 grams for 90% through 1947, .259 grams for 1947 thru 1964, .400 grams for 40% silver, and .454 grams for copper nickel clad. (I have had occasion in the past to look up the legislation that changed/increased the tolerance in 1947 so I known the tolerances CAN'T be the same for all half dollars.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know which way the 1984, or 2000 editions show, my copies of those are not readily available. I would suspect the 2000 shows the same as the 90 and 2011, the 1984 could go either way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3791981, member: 66"][USER=13813]@CaptHenway[/USER] Coin World Almanac. The 1976 and 1977 editions agree with you, but they also give that same tolerance for ALL half dollars early 90%, late 90%, 40% silver and copper nickel clad. The 1987, 1990, and 2011 editions give the tolerances as .097 grams for 90% through 1947, .259 grams for 1947 thru 1964, .400 grams for 40% silver, and .454 grams for copper nickel clad. (I have had occasion in the past to look up the legislation that changed/increased the tolerance in 1947 so I known the tolerances CAN'T be the same for all half dollars.) I don't know which way the 1984, or 2000 editions show, my copies of those are not readily available. I would suspect the 2000 shows the same as the 90 and 2011, the 1984 could go either way.[/QUOTE]
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