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At a show, I've watched a dealer appraise a full Whitman book of circulated Washington quarters. He graded and priced the 32D, 32S. Counted the rest and valued them as silver. Basically ignored the l… (View Post)

1836-1840 aligns with the introduction of the steam-powered press / retirement of the screw press. This allowed much higher pressure to be applied during the striking of the coins and thus higher rel… (View Post)

186, was 189 about 20 minutes ago, so they are selling... (View Post)

They can't without legislation - the Liberty Coinage Act of 1985 (which also created the ASEs) only defined the 1oz. https://www.congress.gov/99/statute/STATUTE-99/STATUTE-99-Pg113.pdf Title II Secti… (View Post)

Volumetrics and design. The law says 1 troy ounce and 40.6mm in diameter. Those two dimensions dictate the average thickness. https://www.congress.gov/99/statute/STATUTE-99/STATUTE-99-Pg113.pdf (View Post)