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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 14500940, member: 27832&quot;]The Corgi barks a lot, but he has redeeming qualities. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If your coin had been struck on a thin or underweight planchet, I would expect it to be weakly struck, and I don&#039;t see that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it was etched (corroded) in acid. That reduces the coin&#039;s thickness (and diameter, though not as noticeably), while retaining and even sometimes <i>enhancing</i> the struck details. Think of restoring a date on a Buffalo nickel. The metal that&#039;s squeezed up into the devices gets &quot;work hardened&quot;, and acid attacks it more slowly than the metal that didn&#039;t get yanked around during the strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I think your cent&#039;s missing weight probably got dissolved and washed away. It&#039;s hard to be sure, but that would be my bet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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