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<p>[QUOTE="Mike Thornton, post: 3658445, member: 105289"]I'm in agreement with paddyman98 on the weight and Stevearino on your scale. I have a nice one, photos attached. I have a similar scale, only goes to 0.1g. On it, this coins weight moves between 3.0-3.1g. Just ordered a replacement that gives me hundredths of a gram. Regarding the planchet NGC's analysis shows</p><p><br /></p><p>"The mintage of cents fell a bit in 1892, as Mint Director Edward Leach sensed collusion between the Mint's vendors to fix prices for planchets at a higher level. The Philadlephia Mint simply used whatever planchets remained from previous purchases, and it supplemented this supply with planchets of its own manufacture produced by melting worn cents and obsolete two-cent pieces." </p><p><br /></p><p>So it is possible the phanchet was off spec to start with. Then consider the wear. Anyway still a nice find. (and yes, mine has likely been cleaned by a prior owner but I got it at a reasonable price).[ATTACH=full]983432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]983432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]983433[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Thornton, post: 3658445, member: 105289"]I'm in agreement with paddyman98 on the weight and Stevearino on your scale. I have a nice one, photos attached. I have a similar scale, only goes to 0.1g. On it, this coins weight moves between 3.0-3.1g. Just ordered a replacement that gives me hundredths of a gram. Regarding the planchet NGC's analysis shows "The mintage of cents fell a bit in 1892, as Mint Director Edward Leach sensed collusion between the Mint's vendors to fix prices for planchets at a higher level. The Philadlephia Mint simply used whatever planchets remained from previous purchases, and it supplemented this supply with planchets of its own manufacture produced by melting worn cents and obsolete two-cent pieces." So it is possible the phanchet was off spec to start with. Then consider the wear. Anyway still a nice find. (and yes, mine has likely been cleaned by a prior owner but I got it at a reasonable price).[ATTACH=full]983432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]983432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]983433[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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