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<p>[QUOTE="onecenter, post: 1701595, member: 8703"]When you look at American coins, much of our circulating coinage system dates from the late 18th and middle-19th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cent: diameter unchanged since 1857, thickness and composition changed in 1864, composition changes in 1943, 1944, 1947, 1962 and 1982</p><p><br /></p><p>The five-cent piece: diameter, thickness unchanged since 1866 with exception of 1942-1945</p><p><br /></p><p>The dime: diameter and thickness unchanged since 1790s, minor silver composition adjustments until 1965, then all copper-nickel clad</p><p><br /></p><p>The quarter dollar: diameter and thickness unchanged since 1790s, minor silver composition adjustments until 1965, then all copper-nickel clad</p><p><br /></p><p>The half dollar: diameter and thickness unchanged since 1790s, minor silver composition adjustments until 1965, then silver clad until 1970, all copper-nickel clad since 1971. Coin largely driven from circulation due to the popularly or the mystique of the Kennedy legacy and kept as souvenirs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dollar: Spotty, intermittent or regionalized circulation, precious metal removed for the modern clad Eisenhower dollar (1971-1978), size reduced in 1979 for Susan B. Anthony design, diameter, color and design largely unpopular, most studied failed coin worldwide, composition change in 2000 led to similar poor circulation despite design, color and diameter changes in 2000 and 2007, coin stockpiled, rarely seen in circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="onecenter, post: 1701595, member: 8703"]When you look at American coins, much of our circulating coinage system dates from the late 18th and middle-19th century. The cent: diameter unchanged since 1857, thickness and composition changed in 1864, composition changes in 1943, 1944, 1947, 1962 and 1982 The five-cent piece: diameter, thickness unchanged since 1866 with exception of 1942-1945 The dime: diameter and thickness unchanged since 1790s, minor silver composition adjustments until 1965, then all copper-nickel clad The quarter dollar: diameter and thickness unchanged since 1790s, minor silver composition adjustments until 1965, then all copper-nickel clad The half dollar: diameter and thickness unchanged since 1790s, minor silver composition adjustments until 1965, then silver clad until 1970, all copper-nickel clad since 1971. Coin largely driven from circulation due to the popularly or the mystique of the Kennedy legacy and kept as souvenirs. The dollar: Spotty, intermittent or regionalized circulation, precious metal removed for the modern clad Eisenhower dollar (1971-1978), size reduced in 1979 for Susan B. Anthony design, diameter, color and design largely unpopular, most studied failed coin worldwide, composition change in 2000 led to similar poor circulation despite design, color and diameter changes in 2000 and 2007, coin stockpiled, rarely seen in circulation.[/QUOTE]
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