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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 24588736, member: 27832"]Well, you could presumably <i>alloy</i> heavier and lighter metals to get an exact match -- and then it would have such different <i>electromagnetic</i> characteristics that it would fail immediately on something like a Sigma.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last couple I got were apparently silver-plated copper, which I still think might fool a Sigma, but makes the coin about 10% thicker to hit the desired weight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 24588736, member: 27832"]Well, you could presumably [I]alloy[/I] heavier and lighter metals to get an exact match -- and then it would have such different [I]electromagnetic[/I] characteristics that it would fail immediately on something like a Sigma. The last couple I got were apparently silver-plated copper, which I still think might fool a Sigma, but makes the coin about 10% thicker to hit the desired weight.[/QUOTE]
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