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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 25908310, member: 59677&quot;]Yup. That&#039;s the reasoning/permission behind the .900 to .999 switch.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the mint was making their own blanks, they used purchased pure silver and copper bars to makeup the stripes for punching out the blanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before that, they bought in silver, refined it, and then alloyed it. It was important that the depositor received the full value of their deposit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rules have frequently been different for silver vs. gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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