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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 796475, member: 39"]Right; in my first reply I said that a silver coin is usually a little heavier than its Cu-Ni "equivalent" because that is what I am used to from around here: It's true for the German, Portuguese or Swiss coins that I'm familiar with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because of the coin you depict in your initial post, I then checked whether that also applies to British coins. Well, apparently not, so I added that bit in my second post. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And as others have suggested - the "eye test" is far from perfect but quite helpful ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 796475, member: 39"]Right; in my first reply I said that a silver coin is usually a little heavier than its Cu-Ni "equivalent" because that is what I am used to from around here: It's true for the German, Portuguese or Swiss coins that I'm familiar with. Because of the coin you depict in your initial post, I then checked whether that also applies to British coins. Well, apparently not, so I added that bit in my second post. :) And as others have suggested - the "eye test" is far from perfect but quite helpful ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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