I found this in a part of my grandfather's collection that seemed to include a lot of questionable planchets for one reason or another. A closer look at this one seemed to point to the wrong planchet for this 1826 one centesimo coin from the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. It has a diameter of 15mm (not the called for 19mm per Numista) and a mass of 1.23 g (not 2g per Numista). The legends are cropped short and the image of the shield on the obverse seems to be slightly off center. Also, the rim has what I think is called a fin, which I tried to capture in the images above. Notice the beveled edge (?) in the vertical shot. I understand that these coins were sometimes cut for the extra copper. Or might have been counterfeited. Or perhaps a hundred years of wear... But to me those explanations don't seem likely. Of course the treasure hunter in me would think of it that way.
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