Seated coin arrows at date?

The weight difference is why they are there, to indicate the new weight standards for silver coins at the time. So they have no real significance as far as the design goes... they don't "mean anything."

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0z0ne said:

I see, thank you!

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What is the significance of the arrows around date on seated coins

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For those of you with this question in the future.....

"Arrows at the date in 1853 and 1873 indicated changes made in the coin's mass (from 2.67 grams to 2.49 grams in 1853, then to 2.50 grams in 1873). The first change was made in response to rising silver prices, while the latter alteration was brought about by the Mint Act of 1873 which, in an attempt to make U.S. coinage the currency of the world, added a small amount of mass to the dime, quarter, and half-dollar to bring their weights in line with fractions of the French 5-franc piece." ~wikipedia (http://www.ngccoin.com/)

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