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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryan Carver, post: 4235659, member: 111267&quot;]My wife and I found this beat up nickel in a toll booth change return. It weighs in at 4.69g Which I understand to be the copper content of a nickel. However, I don&#039;t know how to strip nickel from a coin or how damaging it would be to the copper core. Also, I am not sure how well the stamp would seat into the underlying copper layer either.</p><p><br /></p><p>The scenario I envision is, someone stripped this coin of nickel at some point and it&#039;s seen a lot of wear since.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m hoping a possible copper planchet snuck into the mix without nickel plating? wishful thinking at best, I know. So here it is![ATTACH=full]1082619[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1082620[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1082622[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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