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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aussie noodler, post: 3063046, member: 94939&quot;]I am investigating the authenticity of an Australian 1 cent uniface.</p><p>Like the coin described by you it has one smooth side without rims and a clear undamaged obverse.</p><p>It weighs the correct weight for an Aussie one cent. It’s width is 1.21mm whereas a standard coin has width 1.39/1.40 mm (although I have some of greater width). Given that each side is created by pushing into the planchet creating the field and metal being pushed out creating the image; it is my expectation that the width is in the range of what would be expected of a true uniface. It would be impossible to create by bashing two coins together. I suspect it must have been deliberately made by a Mint worker.</p><p>The first two questions I would be seeking an answer to in determining whether it is a uniface is what is the weight and what is the width compared to a standard coin. If it is in the range of the correct weight and a lesser width (0.2 mm not being unreasonable) then it may be genuine. </p><p>Unfortunately the Mints do not appear to divulge the depth created by the field of each die nor the rise created by each image .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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