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<p>[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 533666, member: 12965"]The 6-b was struck over cut down cent planchets, which were thicker, thus, the weight is everything on this variety. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I also have a 6-a that isn't as nice as yours and it is the only LCHC I have and I cherish it. :thumb: Mine weighs 4.4 grams but it was a ground find so it lost a lot of weight to corrosion. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>When I got it in, I spent a lot of time attributing it, since the date isn't easily readable (catch it in the right light and know what you are looking for) so when I saw yours, the first thing I did was look for the leaf tip at the I, to see if it was a C-6, since that's the only LCHC with a leaf tip at the I, and there it was. :kewl: That made it easy for me to attribute. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 533666, member: 12965"]The 6-b was struck over cut down cent planchets, which were thicker, thus, the weight is everything on this variety. ;) I also have a 6-a that isn't as nice as yours and it is the only LCHC I have and I cherish it. :thumb: Mine weighs 4.4 grams but it was a ground find so it lost a lot of weight to corrosion. :( When I got it in, I spent a lot of time attributing it, since the date isn't easily readable (catch it in the right light and know what you are looking for) so when I saw yours, the first thing I did was look for the leaf tip at the I, to see if it was a C-6, since that's the only LCHC with a leaf tip at the I, and there it was. :kewl: That made it easy for me to attribute. ;) Ribbit :)[/QUOTE]
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