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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 7410934, member: 105098&quot;]Yeah, I actually might pass on the privy Morgans. depends on how they do it I suppose.</p><p>Coin world in January said they&#039;d be .999 but don&#039;t really give a source for where they got that info.</p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;m just struggling with the morgan dollar being .900 silver 90% silver/10% copper weighing 26.73g</p><p>and a silver eagle being .999 1 troy oz.&nbsp; @ 31.103g</p><p><br /></p><p>it HAS to be according to the legislation</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (1) weigh 26.73 grams;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (3) contain not less than 90 percent silver; and</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (4) have a reeded edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>clearly, if they make it .999, it&#039;s not going to be an oz. of silver. the silver eagle is also almost 1.6 inches in diameter, not 1.5 inches.</p><p><br /></p><p>wondering if you shaved off 0.098 inches off a silver eagles diameter to the same size of a morgan dollar,&nbsp; if it would bring the weight down to 26.73 from 31.10..... Seems crazy to be reinventing the wheel for this to do it in .999 and follow the rules in the legislation when it could be done in the original .900</p><p><br /></p><p>whatever outside of that, would have to come from the thickness, just seems so much easier to do it as .900 like it was originally given the mandated weight and dimension, than to figure out what to do to make .999 work.</p><p><br /></p><p>We can have a thin 2021 Morgan and Peace dollar with less than an oz of silver in it, or one that&#039;s true to the coins specs with less than an oz. of silver in it.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems like a no brainer to me. I think I need a mathematician to figure out what this looks like in .999 if what coin world says is true, I may not even want any of them honestly, I&#039;m not so interested in an &quot;off&quot; size morgan or peace dollar, that&#039;s just stupid.&nbsp; this math is too advanced for me, it&#039;s like a 14.05% weight reduction from a silver eagle and roughly 0.098 difference in diameter, a 10th of an inch smaller diameter than a SAE.</p><p><br /></p><p>.....I&#039;d be extremely disappointed if it winds up the diameter of a morgan or peace dollar but the thickness of a half dollar or quarter to &quot;make it work&quot; in .999.......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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