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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Byron L Reed, post: 8143743, member: 13&quot;]I don&#039;t have any opinion on the authenticity of this coin. I do have an issue with the weight being the reason for damning it.&nbsp; It has been speculated that large cent planchets&#039; weights would vary by 10, maybe even 15, grains at the time. The .39 grams would only be 6 grains. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike silver and gold coins, coppers were not legal tender; the mint didn&#039;t have much incentive to be overly concerned from coin to coin. That being said, the mint did decline shipments of planchets from suppliers from time to time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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