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United States
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So I have a Trinidad and Tobago 1977 5 dollar coin. The Standard Catalog of World coins lists a silver and a copper nickel for that year. This information is listed for the silver coin: 29.7000 g., 0.9250 Silver 0.8832 oz. KM# 35a. The Copper Nickel coin doesn't have a weight listed. I don't have a scale yet so I can't weigh the coin, but when I get one what would I expect from a copper nickel coin compared to the silver one? I assume it would be lighter right? But by how much?  |
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Norway
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My experience with these coins in copper nickel is that they have approximately the same weight as a silver coin. If you cannot tell the difference from appearance (which can be difficult) it is easiest to look at depth. If you post a picture taken from the side it should be possible to tell which metal you have got.
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United States
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I have this same problem with my Bahamas $1 dollar conch coin; there is a nickel and silver version and I'm not sure which one I have. I guess I'll just assume it's nickel unless I can figure a way to prove otherwise.  Edited by chasinva69
06/25/2011 11:06 am
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United States
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The silver T&T $5 is struck in Proof only, Matte and UNC versions on are CN.
Same is true with 1974 and later Bahamas $1.
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 United States
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Well, here is a pic. Didn't turn out as good as I was expecting as it is late at night. I'll try to take another one tomorrow. I am guessing that it probably is one of the copper nickel ones the more I look at the pic.  |
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United States
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Looks like the UNC, CN with a mintage of 633.
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Valued Member
United States
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I second DCH, Copper-Nickel UNC coin, valued at $17 according to Krause
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Germany
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Agree with the Cu-Ni opinion. :) As for the weights, if you have two coins (one silver and one copper-nickel) which are otherwise identical, the silver variety will be a little heavier. However, some mints will make the Cu-Ni variety a little thicker so that the two have the same weight again. Not sure if that is the case here ...
Christian
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United States
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The more I looked at it the more I suspected it wasn't silver. When I had it next to all the other silver coins in the binder it didn't look right. I didn't buy it as the silver one. I got a pack of coins and there were about 25 extra freebies in with them and this was one of them.
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