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Message:: [QUOTE="Tamaracian, post: 8085583, member: 23122"][USER=71580]@Profit man[/USER]   I have the same coin only with much more detail (EF-45)--so much so that it fooled the folks at ANACS until they tried to remove a dark streak on the Eagle's Breast (I submitted, asking them to Conserve and then slab the coin with the appropriate grade).  It was die struck from Silver Plated Brass.  When the ANACS personnel used--I presume--an acidic solution to try an remove the dark streak, the brass color started to show through.  If you weigh you coin--although it shows wear--it may in fact not be worn from actual circulation, but rather from the original used to make the dies (either by the Electroplating Process or by Hubbing). Design weight of an 1871 Seated Liberty Dollar is 26.73 gm +/- 0.388 gm; and Coin Silver is 1.366 times the weight of Brass; my FAKE Dollar weighed 20.08 gm, and yours will definitely weigh light if made from Brass or Steel (which I doubt). I also have an 1853 Type 1 Gold $1 and a 1914 $5 Indian; the 1853 was Cast, and the 1914 was Struck; both were actually made from 90% gold.  I will post a story about all 3 of them in the future, along with photos (when I get around to taking them).[/QUOTE]