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Posted 12/31/2021 07:10 am
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Official the government adopted the metric system in 1866 but never made it official for the country. In 1873 the weights of the silver coins were adjusted to make their weights more evenly expressed in grams.
...and the 5 cent nickel, also introduced in 1866, was exactly 5 grams from the start (and remains exactly 5 grams to this day). I wonder if that was an early attempt at metricization.Official the government adopted the metric system in 1866 but never made it official for the country. In 1873 the weights of the silver coins were adjusted to make their weights more evenly expressed in grams.
