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Title: Under Weight Planchets
Post by: accumulator on November 19, 2014, 01:46:22 PM

Recently i bought 3 coin ,2x2cent & a 1 cent,struck on under weight planchet, just wondering what others thoughts on these would be ?

The 1st one is 3.5 grams

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/006_zps9aeb38a7.jpg)

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/007_zps9212269d.jpg)

the 2nd is 3.6 grams.

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/011_zpsae158c4f.jpg)

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/009_zps057357ab.jpg)

& the 1 cent is 1.5 grams

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/012_zpsa83e72b5.jpg)

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/013_zpsce1de394.jpg)

Title: RE: Under Weight Planchets
Post by: markn on November 19, 2014, 09:05:46 PM

They all look real enough. The last one is struck on a split planchet.

Title: RE: Under Weight Planchets
Post by: accumulator on November 20, 2014, 01:56:07 AM

Thanks Mark,i figured the 1 cent was a split planchet,any idea how the 2 cents would be so under weight,right at the end if the sheet rolled too thin ?

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