1867 Shield Nickel On Different Planchet ?

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Fordslowsdime New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 05/17/2020 01:41 am * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * So I've had this for awhile and just noticed it looked off . So I weighed it and it's almost a gram lighter then a similar coin . Is this something I should sent into get graded and have them figure it out ? Report this Post to the Staff

aristarchus123 Pillar of the Community United States 1695 Posts	Posted 05/17/2020 08:16 am Look like a lot of wear along the edges. Can you post close-up pictures of the obverse and reverse? Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 05/17/2020 09:34 am According to the Red Book a Shield nickel should weigh 5 gms. So even your comparison coin is light by 0.4 gm. Have you checked the calibration of your scale recently? Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/17/2020 09:45 am Could you show us close-ups of both sides, please. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Buffalo78 New Member United States 43 Posts	Posted 05/17/2020 1:00 pm 0.4 gram loss on a highly circulated nickel is not unheard of. The 3.63 weight is not due to heavy circulation. I have charted the weight of thousands of coins and can provide pretty good correlation to grade (based solely on wear) from the weight of a coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Fordslowsdime New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 7:55 pm Here are some better pics. I apologize they are from my cell phone . And yes my scale is off by .03. I just bought it off ebay and knew I should've spent over 10$ . The coin is a lot thinner compared to another nickel Edited by Fordslowsdime 05/18/2020 8:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Fordslowsdime New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 8:06 pm There's another picture of the coin on top of a 1868 nickel And some pictures of a worn 1867 . Which I believe the coin in question is dated . Edited by Fordslowsdime 05/18/2020 8:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 05/22/2020 08:26 am Where did you get that one? Report this Post to the Staff
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