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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 4360883, member: 57463&quot;]<b>1853 was the only year with Arrows and Rays.</b> (In this thread &quot;A&amp;R&quot;). The arrows at the date and the glory of rays on the reverse showed that the weight had been changed. That is Variety 2. For the Half the weight was lowered from 13.36 grams to 12.44 grams. (The quarter was lowered in proportion.) The fineness remained at 90% = 0.900 silver; 0.100 copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Variety 3 for 1854 and 1855 had the arrows, but no glory.</p><p>In 1856, the arrows were removed. The lower standard was maintained.</p><p><br /></p><p>Arrows were put at the date again in 1873 when the weight was increased to the current 12.50 grams for the half and 6.25 for the quarter dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>(It is all in the Red Book.)</p><p>(And, no, I do not have any Seateds. Not my thing. Nice coin, though.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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