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wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 05/31/2014 6:54 pm Hi guys...I was looking trough the "Charlton coin book" and was reading about "trial pieces"...Anyway, I can not tell the difference between a trial piece and the coins in my collection...see picture below. Weight of trial piece.........4.60gr Weight of my nickel.........4.54gr NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE Diameter of trial piece.......21.3mm Diameter of my nickel.......21.3mm NO DIFFERENCE Die of trial piece......^^ Die of my nickel......^^ NO DIFFERENCE Composition of trial piece...Chrome plated steel. Composition of my nickel...Nickel. BOTH ARE MAGNETIC SOOOOOOO...HOW DO WE TELL THEM APART........ Report this Post to the Staff

thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 05/31/2014 7:26 pm the trial piece in your Charlton is chrome plated steel, the standard composition for the final 1951 commem is nickel. Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 05/31/2014 7:31 pm you could probably tell because the steel one would look different in colour and a specimen strike and I'm guessing yours is circ strike. but for sure you would use a machine to tell the composition. for example compare the obverse sides of an unc 1951 standard and an unc 1951 commem, youll probably tell the difference right away by the color. Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 05/31/2014 7:39 pm thedollarman.The only trouble is if only an XFR machine could determine the real difference, not many of us have one, and maybe, just maybe some one does have one and doesn't know it. Report this Post to the Staff
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