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<p>[QUOTE="Iriegirl, post: 3176557, member: 97393"]Hi All,</p><p>I bought this coin last spring from a local gal who said it came from her father's collection. She said a pawn shop told her it was 1 oz. silver. Now I don't have the most perfectly accurate scale, but w/in a few grams it weighs about 25 g. give or take a few. Also on the edge it has printed 835 BHM. I have scoured the net and can not find anything close to it. What I do know, it's really cool and a great piece of Pirates history. I mean really?? The first night game ever to be played in a world series and the Pirates won?? How cool is that?? The first night <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" rel="nofollow">All-Star Game</a> was held at Philadelphia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibe_Park" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibe_Park" rel="nofollow">Shibe Park</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" rel="nofollow">1943</a>, while the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series" rel="nofollow">World Series</a> night game was Game 4 of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series" rel="nofollow">1971 Series</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" rel="nofollow">Three Rivers Stadium</a> in Pittsburgh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the weight seems reasonable (considering my scale) but it almost seems possibly plated by the wear on the edges?? If anyone can shine some light on this I would greatly appreciate it! Below is the pic of the original listing and shows the color better.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/263635227092-0-0/s-l140/p.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Iriegirl, post: 3176557, member: 97393"]Hi All, I bought this coin last spring from a local gal who said it came from her father's collection. She said a pawn shop told her it was 1 oz. silver. Now I don't have the most perfectly accurate scale, but w/in a few grams it weighs about 25 g. give or take a few. Also on the edge it has printed 835 BHM. I have scoured the net and can not find anything close to it. What I do know, it's really cool and a great piece of Pirates history. I mean really?? The first night game ever to be played in a world series and the Pirates won?? How cool is that?? The first night [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game']All-Star Game[/URL] was held at Philadelphia's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibe_Park']Shibe Park[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game']1943[/URL], while the first [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series']World Series[/URL] night game was Game 4 of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series']1971 Series[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium']Three Rivers Stadium[/URL] in Pittsburgh. Now, the weight seems reasonable (considering my scale) but it almost seems possibly plated by the wear on the edges?? If anyone can shine some light on this I would greatly appreciate it! Below is the pic of the original listing and shows the color better. [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/263635227092-0-0/s-l140/p.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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