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1844 Thin Planchet Or Just Worn ?

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1844 Bank of Montreal half penny

normal weight 9.10 grams, this example 8.40 grams

noticeably thinner, but the same diameter

can a coin loose this much weight without loosing diameter?

is this a thin plan resulting in a weak strike? or just a tired old worn out token?

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I would say tired and worn. You only have about 8% weight loss and it looks like that much would be missing from wear.
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This appears to have been a 'pocket piece.' Someone carried it for
years in a pant pocket as a lucky piece. As such, the diameter would
not be affected.

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An interesting topic that you've brought up, Wade. I've heard that the 1815 Magdalen PEI penny was minted on planchets of varying thicknesses -- it's been suggested that the 2 auctions of over 100 years ago claiming to have sold a Magdalen half-penny had in fact merely each sold a penny which were minted on a much thinner planchet, which were then deemed at the time as half-pennies. While in the case of your penny I happen to agree with okiecoiner and colonialtokens, it does raise the question: were there many tokens minted on more than one thickness/weight of planchet? (Outside of normal tolerances, that is). I don't know my tokens well enough to know just what the minting tolerences were back in the early-to-mid eighteen hundreds.
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