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SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 01/28/2018 3:29 pm Quote: I would think Texas Cent, because the would be static devices including the bust seem to be stretched out of proportion. For the Canadian cent - the devices are the same size as a normal cent, the rim is excessively thick and the coin itself is about 1.5 times as thick as a normal zinc cent. Also, I had XRF'd this piece, it was a zinc alloy not normally used in the Cu-plated zinc strikes. How you make a coin larger, thicker, an heavier by flattening it and removing the plating? Quote: They piece was "assisted" by a mint worker. Absolutely. I suspect "mint sport" was at play here, but surprisingly it shows signs of light circulation... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/29/2018 09:04 am Quote: How you make a coin larger, thicker, an heavier by flattening it and removing the plating? You can't, that Canadian cent started out with a thicker, heavier, over sized planchet before it was ever struck. The real question is where did they get the planchet? Smuggle in a zinc sheet and punch out a nickel sized blank? Report this Post to the Staff
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