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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2899265, member: 84179&quot;]You are correct when you stated that the US Mint made coins for other countries.&nbsp; You are also correct that some of these were made from planchets that were magnetic.&nbsp; That indicates you have some advanced knowledge of numismatics. However, you failed to do some very simple research to support your claim.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was able to find the following link in about a minute or 2 of searching the web.&nbsp; It is a table that shows coins foreign coins minted by the US mint.</p><p><a href="https://minterrornews.com/foreign_coinage_production_figures.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://minterrornews.com/foreign_coinage_production_figures.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://minterrornews.com/foreign_coinage_production_figures.pdf</a></p><p>(it is at the end of this article if the link doesn&#039;t work <a href="https://minterrornews.com/news-5-13-03-foreigners_in_the_mint.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://minterrornews.com/news-5-13-03-foreigners_in_the_mint.html" rel="nofollow">https://minterrornews.com/news-5-13-03-foreigners_in_the_mint.html</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>You can look through to see if there is a coin that meets the following criteria:</p><p>* Magnetic</p><p>* Minted in 1961 Date of your coin) or a year or 2 previous to that.</p><p>* Weighs 3.1 gms</p><p>* Is the same diameter as a US Cent (If it smaller, the coin would be weakly stuck and Your coin appears to be well struck.&nbsp; And don&#039;t forget, larger planchets won&#039;t fit into the striking chamber)</p><p><br /></p><p>Let us know what you find.</p><p><br /></p><p>To paraphrase the 14th Century Monk and Philosopher, William of Ockham&nbsp; &quot;The simplest hypothesis is usually, the correct hypothesis&quot;.&nbsp; It was plated after it left the mint, more than likely in a HS Chemistry class.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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