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that the Half Dollar shall be
on the obverse/
of Half the
weight directed for the
of the Coin and the Coin shall be
Milled on the edge.
Dollar
6.
that in
ascertaining the fineness
2. That the designs on
the Half
dollar should be
On
analogy to those on
the Dollar with the exception "Hong Kong" "Half Dollar" and
The
same
in
Chinese characters and the coin shall
be milled on the edge.
3. That the Dollar and
Half Dollar
shall be of silver of nine tenths
Twenty three thousand
and weight of the Dollar the
following deviations from the Standard
shall not be
exceeded in
remedy. Two Thousand parts (0.009)
ounce of fine Silver more
or
less than 0.7857 oz! of fine Silver (the Standard weight of fine Silver
in such Dollar and in
remedy) Two thousand parts (0.002) more
or less than 0.873
fineness.
4.
That the Dollar shall
weigh eight
tenths
of an
ounce standard
and
Seventy
parts (0.87%) of an
ounce
Tray
of
Silver of such fineness
(or 0.873
fineness
oz. (the standard weight of Silver
nine tenths fineness
in each
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