1953 s lincoln cent wrong weight ?

i have a little question came across about 900 s cents and one of the 1953 s had a light sound to it i weighted it and it weight 2.7 grams not like all the other 1953 s which weight 3.2 why ? the coin looks the same as all my 1953s help here any info at all thanks

 

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A picture is need to tell anything.

 

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heres a pic

 

Could be a thin planchet, what does the thickness look like compared to a "normal" cent?

 

Nah, who the **** would fake a 53-S cent? LOLOLOL

It looks genuine, but the strike quality is consistent with a thin planchet.

 

Is there any die rotation or do the sides line up? Believe it or not it might be a magician's cent. Does it have a hollow ring to it? I have the reverse of one of those, I'll see if I can dig up an image of it.

 

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well i've flip this coin upside down inside and out the sides line up just like every 1953 s i compare it to and i know it might sound strange when you pick it up and drop it it sounds like a dime and i matched it up to 37 other 1953s and its half as thick as the rest are i can drop two at the same time and the sound is so much different it's got me puzzled and i've tested it on two different scales and still 2.7 grams the least i could get any of the 37 1953 s is 3.1 thats a 4 gram lost but thanks for the info i'm a long ways from knowing all about coins this is my 1st on this issue

 

If it is the same diameter and width as the other, I think it is a bubble in the planchet core before striking. The other alternative is to look carefully on the edge for a filled hole, as it might have been used as a practice piece for adding mint mark or making it appear as a repunched mm or an OMM ( making a D under the S ). But I still think the weight differential is due to metal defect, that would explain the difference in sounds also.

The official weight is 3.11 grams, but can officially be as low as 2.98 grams ( 3.11 +/- 0.13 grams. If you scale only reads to tenths as indicated, it is rounding off the "hundredths".it may not be as drastic as you think

 

ok its for sure not the same width i geuss i'll will have to show it to somone as i was looking for a handul of 1953 in the jar a came across a 1953 s and the s is against the 5 in date i'm going to post a thread with pics and zoomed in pics please drop your opinion ok thanks

 

Ok, Sorry I misread the width. Now I would look at the other alternatives. Not that I am trying to rain on your parade, but most of these are solved without extraordinary events. Eddiespin's comment on a magician coin might also be considered, so make careful examination of the edge. Two coins can be ground down and joined together which would produce the reduced thickness and make the funny sound.

 

well i put it under the srcope and it go to 500x and their is no line or cracks on edge or front or back i geuss i could send it in and anacs wil be able to tell me one way or other because if i don't its going to bug me to death not knowning but thanks for all the info and opinions .

 

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i hope this pic help