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John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 4:17 pm I have a one and it is in F to VF,it "looks" normal in every way for the grade but when I do the drop test even on a carpeted floor it rings almost like it was silver. It weighs in at 5.6g and a normal one is 5.67 Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks all.P.S. No pics Because it looks normal. John1 Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 4:36 pm Did you do a tissue test on it? Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 6:05 pm Just did it and both coins look like a clad coin when doing the tissue test. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Waxemm Valued Member United States 450 Posts	Posted 02/19/2014 3:44 pm That's a cool trick. Never seen that before. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/20/2014 2:52 pm Tolerance range for a clad quarter is +/- .227 grams (5.443 to 5.897 grams), yours is only off .07 grams so it is well within the tolerance range Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/20/2014 3:01 pm Would that little of a difference make it sound so weird? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/21/2014 10:32 am Ring test by ear is always questionable. The ear is not a fine instrument for detecting variations between sounds. Use a microphone and put the input on a sound spectrum analyzer and you might be able to come to some objective conclusions. Report this Post to the Staff
rupester Pillar of the Community United States 1300 Posts	Posted 02/23/2014 6:33 pm Hehe Report this Post to the Staff
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