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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mi chael, post: 408605, member: 9552&quot;]I asked about this on CFe (eBay) but there&#039;s no general agreement. SO:</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know if the 1853 three cent piece has been counterfeited? I ask because the one I just got seems to be 0.09gm light and about .9mm thin. It doesen&#039;t seem to be heavily worn. </p><p><br /></p><p>Measurements are: 14.04mm x 0.63mm 0.71gm</p><p>The information I have is that the measurements should be 14mm x 1.55mm 0.8gm</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a long blade type caliper. Rotating the coin, the thickest measure I can get is 0.65mm - I believe I&#039;m measuring the rim but there may be devices poking up somewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse (?) (with the III) is well tarnished but the other side has brightness (original luster, I believe), the shield has well defined lines within it, and the points of the star still seem to have high spines (?) ribs (?)... whatever. The price is right for a Fine coin and (if real) the coin may actually grade a little bit higher than that. (???)</p><p><br /></p><p>(??)perhaps the coin had higher rims which wore down in circulation leaving the centre in good shape but the overall thickness less than expected.(??) Trying to make it come out right, here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r106/amenset/IMG_0082-g.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r106/amenset/IMG_0083-g-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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