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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 2830096, member: 77077&quot;]I received my Krause 1801-1900 catalog today and looked up this &quot;coin&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a fouree of a Bavaria, KM# 896.&nbsp; It should weigh 27.78g.</p><p><br /></p><p>I weighed it at 23.39g.&nbsp; Hmmm, could the hole account for the missing weight?</p><p><br /></p><p>Um, the hole is 4mm square and 2 mm thick.&nbsp; That is .032 cm^3 * 8.96 g/cm^3 for pure copper equals only 0.286g.&nbsp; A whole lot less than the 4.39g that is missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin was pure copper it would weigh 20.74g.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it is some hybrid of silver and copper, as you can see from the pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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