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<p>[QUOTE="1934 Wreath Crown, post: 5473908, member: 76965"]Sorry I didn’t realise that or make myself clearer. There is a normal circulation issue of a coin and then there is a special issue usually very limited numbers for collectors either struck on a highly polished flan/blank/planchette called a ‘proof coin’. To further complicate things, the Piefort in French and Piedfort in English version are coins that display the same denomination and have the same diameter as the regular circulation issue but they are twice as thick and therefore, they weigh twice as much.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think your coin is the standard issue coin produced in many millions for general circulation. Whereas the coin you are comparing it to is a Piefort example. It says so in the photo you have posted. That is why your coin is half the weight of the Piefort coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example you can do a search on the Great Britain 2017 sovereign and the 2017 Piedfort sovereign and you will see what I mean. The latter is twice as thick and therefore twice as heavy.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, I don’t think your coin is an error coin. Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="1934 Wreath Crown, post: 5473908, member: 76965"]Sorry I didn’t realise that or make myself clearer. There is a normal circulation issue of a coin and then there is a special issue usually very limited numbers for collectors either struck on a highly polished flan/blank/planchette called a ‘proof coin’. To further complicate things, the Piefort in French and Piedfort in English version are coins that display the same denomination and have the same diameter as the regular circulation issue but they are twice as thick and therefore, they weigh twice as much. I think your coin is the standard issue coin produced in many millions for general circulation. Whereas the coin you are comparing it to is a Piefort example. It says so in the photo you have posted. That is why your coin is half the weight of the Piefort coin. As an example you can do a search on the Great Britain 2017 sovereign and the 2017 Piedfort sovereign and you will see what I mean. The latter is twice as thick and therefore twice as heavy. In short, I don’t think your coin is an error coin. Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]
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