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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 4124360, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;d be <i>curious</i> about weight. On Barber coins I&#039;ve weighed that were that slick, the weight loss has been pretty substantial. But if they&#039;re light, I wouldn&#039;t know how to tell whether they lost the weight from wear or whether there was something wrong with the planchet at strike time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I <i>am</i> a bit surprised that that second half doesn&#039;t have any copper showing around the edge on either face. It looks like the cladding would have worn through at least at the very edge. I know a lot of what we call &quot;wear&quot; is actually metal getting hammered down rather than worn off, but again, coins <i>do</i> eventually lose metal as they wear down.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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