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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 7431321, member: 21705"]As a side about weight, I have a S-78 which weighs 9.6 to 9.7 grams, depending on the scale. At 9.7 gram it is 149.7 grains which is well short of the 168 grain standard. However; I have suspected it might have been struck on on a TAL token like the 1795 NC-2s and the heavier standard for TAL tokens is 151 grains.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289910[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this one is heavily worn. But there are some explanations for an authentic, but underweight coin. But it is definitely less likely than the use of a metal with the wrong components or ratios than the authentic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 7431321, member: 21705"]As a side about weight, I have a S-78 which weighs 9.6 to 9.7 grams, depending on the scale. At 9.7 gram it is 149.7 grains which is well short of the 168 grain standard. However; I have suspected it might have been struck on on a TAL token like the 1795 NC-2s and the heavier standard for TAL tokens is 151 grains. [ATTACH=full]1289910[/ATTACH] Of course this one is heavily worn. But there are some explanations for an authentic, but underweight coin. But it is definitely less likely than the use of a metal with the wrong components or ratios than the authentic.[/QUOTE]
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