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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 24697, member: 578&quot;]I&#039;m not much of an expert on Canadian coinage, much less Canadian error coins, but I believe their minting tecniques are very similar to those of the US Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe we can rule out the possibility of this being a cent that has been struck on a nickel planchet. It is my understanding that a larger planchet cannot fit into the striking chamber of a smaller coin, so this would not be a what you have.</p><p><br /></p><p>You say that the person who examined it is sure that it is solid nickel, and not nickel-plated. Can you tell us what type of tests he performed on the coin in order to come to that conclusion? I&#039;m not trying to be pickey here, but just looking at it isn&#039;t enough.</p><p>You have to understand that plating coins is a VERY common practice, and one of the most often asked questions we get is about &quot;silver&quot; pennies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not familiar with pattern coins, or die trials, from the Canadian Royal Mint, but the possibility of one ending up in the hands of a novice seems rather remote. Not impossible, but highly improbable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another possibility, is that the coin was struck on a foreign planchet, made of nickel, and of equal, or slightly smaller, size. I have no idea which one that could be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t suppose you have any way to weigh your coin, do you? Say, to within 1/100th of a gram?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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