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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pyrbob, post: 596939, member: 17044&quot;]I hate to hear about coin shops like that.&nbsp; It sounds like they are there to make money and are not collector oriented.&nbsp; If your 1993 S doesn&#039;t have the copper core than maybe it is a 90% silver proof broken out of one of the silver proof sets from that year.&nbsp; But the weight is confusing.&nbsp; You mentioned the thickness of the coin.&nbsp; What are you comparing it to?&nbsp; Keep in mind halves from the 1980&#039;s look thicker when you look at the edge of them compared to other years.&nbsp; From what I was told the mint used a higher striking pressure in this period and that causes the metal flowing into the collar that forms the reeding to spread out more creating a wider edge.&nbsp; It can sometimes be misleading to look at the edge to determine the thickness of a coin.&nbsp; Your weight is very low and is interesting.&nbsp; The problem is I would expect the coin to have a weak strike with such a low weight and your coin looks well struck.&nbsp; Coinage dies have their stroke distance set for the planchets being coined in them and a thinner planchet should be a weaker strike.&nbsp; Are you sure of the weight? Could you recalibrate (tare) your scale and weigh it again?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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