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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Sims, post: 1977604, member: 59688&quot;]Silver dimes have .07234 ozt times ten = .7234</p><p>Silver quarters have .18084 ozt times four = .7234</p><p>Silver halves have .36169 ozt times two = .7234</p><p>Silver dollars have .77344 ozt</p><p><br /></p><p>Why the dollar contains more silver than the sum of a dollars&#039; worth of dimes, quarters and halves is something I never understood and have no need to because it is what it is.</p><p>The problem is not because not everyone has a scale it is because it has been determined that by using .715 instead of .723 made everybody happy. Dealers and collectors feel they are not paying for silver they are not getting using the adjusted percentage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally do not mix excessively worn coins, fine and below, with higher grade circulated coins, VF-AU, and I buy and sell those by weight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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