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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 740513, member: 66&quot;]Well I checked Krause and the size of the Nicaragua 5 centavos of 1899 seems about right.&nbsp; Unfortunately Krause does not give a weight for the coin.&nbsp; There is one really big problem with the possibility of it being struck on a 5 centavo planchet,&nbsp; The US mint did not make the 5 centavo planchets, nor did they strike 5 centavo coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure where the 5 centavo was struck but it was either in Mexico City, England, or Switzerland.&nbsp; How a planchet could get from one of those places and into the US mint would make and interesting story.</p><p><br /></p><p>No diameter figure on the Dominican Republic 10 centavo either but it also appears to be about the right size.&nbsp; I think that is a better possibility since at least the planchets were in the mint at one time.&nbsp; A specific gravity would be very helpful since a copper nickel coin has a SG of about 8.9 while the 35% silver DOminican Republic coin is about 9.4[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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