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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1969320, member: 4373&quot;]Details wise, this actually looks very good. I have taken some photos to compare against. I just happened to have the same type and mint by coincedence even though I am not a big fan of this type of coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/dump/1796_5k_am/1796_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/dump/1796_5k_am/1796_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can see where the plating clearly</p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/dump/1796_5k_am/1796_side.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edge of the traces of copper</p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/dump/1796_5k_am/1796_edge1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Couldn&#039;t take a good photo of the lead side however it&#039;s almost smooth</p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/dump/1796_5k_am/1796_edge2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The weight of this coin is at 53.80g which is actually within tolerance level of this type of coin. I cannot help wondering if this was actually struck at the mint considering how good the detail is. But again, I don&#039;t know of any lead examples. On the other hand, I wonder how easy it was to get lead in such planchet and then copper plate it to make some money out of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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