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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 8088471, member: 27832&quot;]Okay, so I&#039;m trying to learn from my mistakes here.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, that much weight discrepancy implies <i>something</i> was missing when struck -- by the time you&#039;ve got enough corrosion to drop more than 20% of the weight of a coin, it&#039;s going to be <i>super</i>-obvious, and probably affect more than the one face.</p><p><br /></p><p>But a single clad layer for a dime doesn&#039;t weigh that much, does it? (I know, I could look it up.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If the clad layer were <i>missing</i>, I&#039;d expect a color typical of copper. I don&#039;t see that, and I compared the color of the 2x2 to make sure it wasn&#039;t just the camera &quot;fixing&quot; white balance.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m pretty sure I see little splotches of copper color around the rim in that first shot. I could see those being rolled around to the face during upset, if the punching process dragged the copper core far enough toward what eventually became the coin&#039;s obverse. But if the obverse clad layer were <i>missing</i>, <b>the whole face</b> would be that color, disregarding splotches or other toning patterns that formed afterward.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where am I running off the rails?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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