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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;richardthebrave, post: 956027, member: 20511&quot;]1903-1906 - these were the heavier ones as they were consisting of 90% silver content per peso.</p><p>1907-to years before WW2 - only 80% silver content per peso.</p><p><br /></p><p>during the change of the silver content, the reason was due to the price of silver going up.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>that is why the 1906 peso is highly priced, this series still had a low production and was suddenly recalled along with the existing pesos and centavos in circulation for re-mint. voila! you have the 1907 peso with less silver content.</p><p><br /></p><p>this also explains why the 1903-1905 coins (most of them) at this time don&#039;t have high prices because they were issued in a very large volumes - 1906 peso on the other hand was made to fill in as additional circulation on top of the existing ones making it scarce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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