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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3240347, member: 19463&quot;]If I had to guess, I&#039;d guess it was a metal detectorist field find which was dug up a bit too vigorously with a trowel.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is currently fashionable to lump the A3 (smaller) coins in with the A2 larger ones and only separate out the A1 small ones that lack the decorations on the reverse.&nbsp; I have not seen the evidence showing how the weights went up and down over the life of the issue.&nbsp; I still call my A3 coins by that name but don&#039;t go so far as to say they were issued after all the A2&#039;s.&nbsp; Study needed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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