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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2149896, member: 66&quot;]No there weren&#039;t</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Except an nickel or coppernickel planchet of 19 mm and equal thickness would also weigh 3.1 grams&nbsp; (Density of copper and nickel are almost identical).&nbsp; That&#039;s why I search the specs on coins we made for other countries to see if there was a match.&nbsp; And as I said there was one.&nbsp; The Nepal 25 Pice is coppernickel, 19mm, and 3.1 grams.&nbsp; But it is not magnetic, and was only struck in San Francisco as a proof coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Few coin dealers know much about errors unless they have a special interest in them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not always true.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not even close, lead weighs only a little more than half what gold weighs.&nbsp; Gold and tungsten are almost identical in weight but different in color.&nbsp; Lead and silver are much closer than lead and gold.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, Nickel.&nbsp; Almost identical in weight and highly magnetic in it&#039;s pure form, but loses it&#039;s magnetic properties if it contains more than about 8% or other metal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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