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Valued Member
Canada
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Edited by flinflon john
04/03/2014 8:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Did you make those scratches to determine the metal?
Feel free to call me Will.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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If you don't know the weight accurately, there are three ways to find out:
1. Ask a kid to take it to the local high school or college to be weighed on one of their mass balances.
2. Take it to your local pharmacist; he may be co operative
3. Take it to the closest coin dealer.
Looks like it has been nickel plated to me, at the local high school chemistry lab.
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Valued Member
 Canada
210 Posts |
Will update soon, after I get it weighed,would not thickness of planchet be a clue? non magnetic, and no, I don`t scratch coins.Thanks!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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If you have access to vernier calipers or a micrometer screw gauge, it would be possible to compare rim thicknesses directly, down to about 1/20 mm.
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Valued Member
Canada
210 Posts |
What I do is the poor mans method, take a sharp pic ,bring it up on my computer screen, and use a 12" ruler! What I see is a normal 1980, at just under one and three quarters, and the off colored coin measures in at just under one and a half inches! Please don`t laugh at me, I`m not rich, so I have to resort to seat of my pants techniques. I know its hardly scientific ,but it gives me a general idea!lol! Thanks for your input!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Go to local post office ask them to weigh it, if its close to a dimes weight, you have a well centered struck on a dime or foreign planchet
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Rest in Peace
1988 Posts |
flinflon john...Take a look at part of a database I have been working on...Just to give you an idea of the average weight of a 1980 circulated cent...hope it helps. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do they sell them in smoke shop type areas, In Florida in the US they sell digital scales for $6.95USB to 8 they sell them mostly is gas station next to all the rolling paper and other questionable stuff...i dont drink or smoke by a scale will work for my addiction.. lol it even looks like a pack of fake cigs that folds like a transformer...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It looks like a planchet error to me based on the picture. 1979/80 planchet errors are relatively common (along with clips and off-centres). It could be a foreign planchet error.
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Posted 04/03/2014 9:46 pm
