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<p>[QUOTE="Suarez, post: 4158436, member: 99239"]There's quite a bit of variance on the composition of the ants from the time period. The silvering itself is nearly pure silver and the core of the coin contains anywhere from a trace to as much as 10%. </p><p><br /></p><p>The surprising thing is that the decline in the silver content isn't as linear as expected. It's a gradual but erratic progression with many coin series having unexpected spikes in the silver content. My interpretation is that assaying went out the window and the mints used whatever stock was available to make new coins. At some point was evidently costlier trying to squeeze out that last bit of silver than just focus resources on output.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rasiel[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Suarez, post: 4158436, member: 99239"]There's quite a bit of variance on the composition of the ants from the time period. The silvering itself is nearly pure silver and the core of the coin contains anywhere from a trace to as much as 10%. The surprising thing is that the decline in the silver content isn't as linear as expected. It's a gradual but erratic progression with many coin series having unexpected spikes in the silver content. My interpretation is that assaying went out the window and the mints used whatever stock was available to make new coins. At some point was evidently costlier trying to squeeze out that last bit of silver than just focus resources on output. Rasiel[/QUOTE]
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