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<p>[QUOTE="David Setree Rare Coins, post: 2258572, member: 74719"]Plated, painted, contaminated or just plain dirty. The coins should normally weigh 3.11 grams with an aluminum one being much lighter. I know of no off metal strikes for 1973 cent, including aluminum.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other option to be explored if made it past weight tests would be off-stock, off planchet, or struck on a foreign blank. 99.9999% positive that it is one of the former though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Setree Rare Coins, post: 2258572, member: 74719"]Plated, painted, contaminated or just plain dirty. The coins should normally weigh 3.11 grams with an aluminum one being much lighter. I know of no off metal strikes for 1973 cent, including aluminum. The other option to be explored if made it past weight tests would be off-stock, off planchet, or struck on a foreign blank. 99.9999% positive that it is one of the former though.[/QUOTE]
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