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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;onecenter, post: 2291145, member: 8703&quot;]The reason for restoring the minting of .900 fine silver coinage for collectors in 1992 was to harken back to tradition and history, a time of hard money, when precious metals really circulated, had real value and truly correlated to the denominations struck onto the reverse--a dime had nearly 10 cents of silver, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, 23 years later, the former .900 fine precious metal standard of American coinage for 160 years means nothing?</p><p><br /></p><p>I also find it interesting that the centennial of the 1916 classic designs foreshadows the demise of its own in 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>Call me a traditionalist, but this change is not something I welcome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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