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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 137357, member: 66&quot;]Photos can&#039;t really tell you much either (unless the clad layer was lost after striking), and even a weight may not tel you much.&nbsp; If the weight is low it would be meaningful because it would indicate that the planchet was punched from the strip and subsequently lost a clad layer.&nbsp; But if the planchet was cut near the end of the strip it is possible for one or even both of the clad layers to be missing from the strip and the planchet to be the proper thickness and weight even with a missing layer.&nbsp; (During the rolling of the strip it is possible for the outer clad layers to &quot;run out&quot; and leave the copper core layer exposed and rolled to the proper thickness.&nbsp; These ends are supposed to be cut from the strip before it is put through the blanking press but sometimes it doesn&#039;t get trimmed.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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