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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 456875, member: 66&quot;]It&#039;s too heavy to be aluminum, and probably too heavy to be pewter.&nbsp; As to looking exactly like the gold one, if it was real you would expect it to look the same because it would be struck by the same dies and probably at the same time so the settings on the press would also be the same resulting in the same striking characteristics.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to why they would plate a copper piece, sometimes they will plate a copper piece to show what it would look like in silver.&nbsp; That isn&#039;t likely here because they did strike silver pieces.&nbsp; But a previously unknown nickel striking is still possible.&nbsp; If it is nickel or coppernickel it would be silver in color but duller.&nbsp; If it is pure nickel it will be attracted strongly to a magnet.&nbsp; If it is copper nickel then it is a real problem</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one thing you can try.&nbsp; Put it on a table with a silver coin on one side and a nickel on the other.&nbsp; Then place a single layer of tissue paper (such as toilet paper) over all of them.&nbsp; The silver coin will appear white and the nickel will be a dull gray.&nbsp; See which one your coin matches more closely.&nbsp; (A silver plated copper coin though would still pass this test as silver though.)&nbsp; From the size and weight I still think it is plated copper, nickel, or coppernickel.&nbsp; Nickel will be easy to tell with a magnet, but plated copper or coppernickel would require testing with special equipment to bombard it with either x-rays or neutrons to determine from it&#039;s re-emissions what elements it contains and in what amounts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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