1968 S Nickel Off Color And Weighs 4.93g Wrong Planchet?!

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Mrfixit505 Valued Member United States 96 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 07:00 am i took it out of a mint set because the color looked off...it was a lighter dull grey.... weighed it and 4.93g. others weighed 5.00g so my scale is good.... struck on a centavo planchet?.... Edited by Mrfixit505 09/22/2020 07:07 am Report this Post to the Staff

Mrfixit505 Valued Member United States 96 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 07:28 am opened another mint set same year to compare exact coins and....normal looking one weighs 5.05g every time and the other still comes in at 4.93g Report this Post to the Staff
Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 08:23 am Weight Tolerance on a US nickel is +/- 0.194 grams. This coin is a bit underweight, but still within the normal range. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Report this Post to the Staff
Petespockets55 Pillar of the Community United States 5785 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 08:29 am I tend to agree with Yokazuna. An XRF analysis (pawn shop or jeweler) of the metal compostion might tell a diferent story. I know the US produced many foreign coins, but a centavo from which country were you thinking? Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups. We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 08:50 am Just a normal nickel, I'd say. Report this Post to the Staff
Mrfixit505 Valued Member United States 96 Posts	Posted 09/23/2020 08:03 am CUBA. THEY STOPPED MAKING COINS FOR THEM LIKE 1 OR 2 YEARS PRIOR. Report this Post to the Staff
SensibleSal66 Valued Member United States 79 Posts	Posted 09/23/2020 08:11 am Normal to me . Hey where do I get tolerances ? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/23/2020 8:42 pm They stopped making coins for Cuba in 1960 8 years earlier. and the stopped making the centavo in 1958 10 years earlier. The one centavo only weighed 2.5 grams. The 5 centavo weighed 5 grams and was the same composition as the US 5 cent piece. They probably used the same planchets for both coins. You just have a normal 5 cent piece within the normal Weight Tolerance range. Report this Post to the Staff
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