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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 3742579, member: 78298&quot;]It&#039;s not silver. It&#039;s not on a wrong planchet.</p><p>The 1st and easiest test is to weigh it, since the plating is so thin, </p><p>it won&#039;t really affect the weight. Copper pennies weigh 3.11 there is a </p><p>slight +/- range but almost all of them weigh 3.1. If the coin you have</p><p>a question about weighs 3.1 that pretty much eliminates almost everything.</p><p>A key component is the fact that your penny has full and complete penny rims.</p><p>Since most foreign coin are going to be different sized than US coins, if it were</p><p>struck on a silver planchet it has to be smaller than a penny, as a larger coin</p><p>would not fit. If it was a smaller silver coin, the rims on your penny would not </p><p>be full and complete.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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