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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nightowl, post: 584802, member: 18614&quot;]I picked this up in a &#039;lot&#039; of nickels on ebay. It is struck on a foreign planchet. I don&#039;t have an accurate digital scale, so I don&#039;t know the exact weight, but it&#039;s about half the thickness of a nickel. Seems the US mint was making 5 centavo pieces for both Colombia and Nicaragua in 1900, so likely it&#039;s one of those two. It is of copper nickel composition.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t collect errors. I will probably end up selling it and buying something else with the proceeds. The scratches are unfortunate...but it is what it is. It&#039;s amazing that the coin has been significantly circulated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just thought you&#039;d like to see what you can still find out there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Note:...The 4 grams figure is wrong....my scale is woefully innacurate. It&#039;s probably less than 3 grams. I&#039;m going to have the local jeweler weight it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nightowl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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