Check This Out Thick Flan 1859 Ideas?

I would be very apprehensive about believing the complete description or grading of this vendor. The first thing to check would be his scale. The '58/"59 cents were struck in London on planchets that were bronze, not copper, and the same diameter as the Brit half penny.... but 1/3 thinner, because the Canadian powers-that-be wanted 100 of them to equal a pound and 12 of them together to measure a foot. People didn't like the thin coins, so in 1876, they went back to the same dimensions as the Brit half penny .. but that weight(5.67g) is still well over 30% less than this auction's purported weight. I would believe this only when photos of the 2 scale weights were shown and a comparative thickness sideview of the 3 coins taken .. a '59, a '76, & this one. Of course, I may be wrong because everything on the internet has got to be true and every ebay vendor is knowledgeable, honest and true.

Exactly my point, Noah's. Before I tempered my post, I was going to warn folks that anything even questionable directed toward the vendor usually results in being block from future offerings. Any ebay auction needs to be carefully studied from all angles, especially from some specific vendors. BTW, the 1838-1860 Brit half pennies weighed 9.1-9.5 grams and were pure copper. After 1860, they went to bronze .. the same alloy as the Canadian cent. The "claimed" 7.39g auction coin is nowhere close to the old Brit halfpenny (say 9.3), the Canadian 1859(4.54) or the 1876-1920 Canadian cent and Brit half penny (5.7). A thick heavy planchet .. possible, but improbable.

if it goes over $100 I'm going to start belt sanding coins down and soldering them together.

I do buy from them as well, but never spend more than $20 or so on one coin.