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So I don't have a gram scale that shows decimals but...
The coin itself is 4g and with another 1981 is 9g. So it should be around 4.5g which is the correct weight, right?
What would that tell me for sure?
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Valued Member
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The coin shows similar wear on both sides. I'm not convinced that someone deliberately buffed out one side...
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Pillar of the Community
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Trial strikes usually have weakness on both sides, this coin should weigh 4.54 to 4.6 grams depending on year, this means the coin is under weight, likely buffed or grinded
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Valued Member
Canada
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Unfortunately my scale does not have decimals.
I took 2 post 2000 nickels (3.95g) and weighed them separately (4g each) and together (8g).
I weighed the pictured coin with each post 2000 and they weigh 9g.
So I assume the coin would need to be at least 4.55 for the scale to round up. I understand that this really proves nothing until I get a proper scale...
But it gives me hope that I may have a real error!
Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
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Take your coin to a Canada Post outlet, their scales are quite exact.
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You can and should buy a scale for not much money,it will come in handy. John1  |
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So my scale arrived from Amazon and....  I imagine this means it is real. |
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There are too many lines on the coin to be just a weak strike. IMO
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There is very little market for test or set up strike coins except for dollars, you are in a tough position, without grading most will see this as PMD, grading a 100 buck coin is really not worth the risk reward. |
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obv. is well struck. Now way a weak strike or die adjustment strike on one side. Come on peeps.
Edited by nickelsguy
07/05/2020 6:26 pm
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 There is no way a coin can be weakly struck on one side only. Physical laws are in play at the mint. There is no meta physical press striking errors for us to ponder. Remotely possible that it's some kind of struck through. Infinitesimally small chance that it was struck by a funky die. 99.9% chance that it's PMD. 0% for weakly struck. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
07/05/2020 6:59 pm
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There is very little market for test or set up strike coins except for dollars, I'd probably disagree with that. A few years ago a lovely mid-1970s 50c setup strike went up for auction and I was strongly outbid. This one example I have, which I suspect would do ok in an auction... it is on a copper-plated zinc planchet:  "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Thank you everyone for the feedback! I have no intent on selling or trading the coin and after the debate in this thread sounds like it is a piece worth keeping in my collection. The weight and bust dates the coin 1979-1981. I know I am new at this, but to me both sides of the coin show the same pattern of wear and none of it is circular. So IMHO for the reverse to be PMD it would have needed to have been done when the coin was near mint condition, possibly a bored high school student in shop class, and then returned into circulation for ~10 years before I found it in my change. However, to me it is unlikely that the coin would show such uniform "damage" to the reverse if not intentional. It also, in my amateur eyes, looks similar to the images in SPP-Ottawa's picture. It is unfortunate that the coin was found after so long in circulation that things are not more clear cut. Edited by Meandice
07/06/2020 1:29 pm
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When I saw your coin, I thought it might have been Struck Through Grease on the reverse, which would also explain no loss in weight, and detail preservation in the middle of the devices and denticals. If your coin was in EF or better condition, it would have collectable value as an error. Unfortunately, now, it is a conversation piece, because circulation wear and damage has basically rendered a potential error worthless. Don't give up, the thrill of the hunt is half the fun!! "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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