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I have seen many people hoping their 1946 nickel is a war planchet error. The solutions are usually an XRF scan or a specific gravity test.
No businesses near me carry an XRF machine that can be used for less than $100, so I decided to try the gravity. I've seen the standard of a regular nickel should end up at 8.92. I tested 3 standard nickels as well and all 3 came up at 5.00g weight, 0.56g in water, equaling 8.92.
My 1946 weighs at 4.95g, but in the water I can't get a clear weight between 0.54g and 0.55g, it fluctuates between them with any jostle of the coin while suspended without bumping any sides or the bottom of the cup. It will stay 0.54g until jostled, after which it will stay at 0.55g until I do it again and it settles at 0.54g, back and forth forever.
Either way, at 0.55g it equals to 9, and at 0.54g it equals to 9.17. What could this mean?
I will provide photos if needed, but usually these wartime planchet error posts are decidedly hard to discern visually and require some further testing.
Thank you for your time. Edited by Helpmakecents
10/08/2024 8:45 pm
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 Yes we would like to see images of your coin. If you can please post up a few. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Images would be great.  Errers and Varietys.
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, at 0.55g it equals to 9, and at 0.54g it equals to 9.17. What could this mean? It means I have no idea what your you're talking about.  I'll stick around and maybe learn something new........ Edited by Marv65
10/09/2024 01:17 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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What could this mean? It means that you need a scale that measures to 3 decimal places. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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Let's see a picture of this nickel. The silver alloy is visually different than cupronickel.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 that pics should have been the first step. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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10/09/2024 04:43 am
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to the CCF Quote:
What could this mean? It means you need an accurate scale with resolution to three decimal places. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Eager to see what unfolds...
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We will gladly help you, but we will need images first. We are locking this topic to prevent posts with " We need images". You will get many more quality responses when there are quality images in the first post of a topic. Please start a new topic when you are able to upload pictures. If needed you can use the testing forum. Tutorials are below. Note: When you start a new topic this one may be removed. So don't panic if you get an email that your topic was removed it's only this one.  PC: We highly recommend Irfa nView. ( Download) ( Irfanview Tutorial) Apple Computers: Tutorial here: http://goccf.com/t/466343 Cell Phones (iPhone or Android): First, do not upload cell phone pictures of screens. They are terrible. Please check your camera settings are set to Medium quality. If it uses compression use 70%, it's perfectly fine for the internet. For file type please use WEBP if your phone has it, otherwise JPG. Avoid PNG and GIF, they are horrible choices. Be sure to crop the image to only show the coin. This is a great setup for cell phones. |
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