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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2006384, member: 112&quot;]Yeah, it was because silver and gold were used. And for the most part tolerances were very tight back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>But today, tolerances are not so tight at all, for obvious reasons, because silver and gold are not used.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing is a lot of folks seem to think that because it was many years ago that technology did not allow those minting coins to maintain tight tolerances. That they didn&#039;t have the ability to do so. But nothing could be further from the truth. </p><p><br /></p><p>They had the technology and ability to maintain very tight tolerances a thousand years ago, and even before that. Even a couple hundred years ago minting coins that were not within specified tolerances carried the death penalty. That tended to make people pay attention and be sure they were within tolerances.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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