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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 387392, member: 66&quot;]There&#039;s not that much difference in the thickness of a nickel and a half dollar so I don&#039;t have much of a problem over the strength of the strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>He says there is no copper showing on the edge so that would pretty much eliminate machining down a half dollar unless you plated the coin afterwards, or machined down a 1964 half dollar.&nbsp; Examination of the edge would still tell you if it was machined or punched and upset.</p><p><br /></p><p>If they machined&nbsp; 1964 though it would be heavier than a five cent piece unless they made it smaller in diameter.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that would explain what we are seeing would be if it was struck on a type I blank.&nbsp; That could give you that curved edge seen on the reverse.&nbsp; Type I blanks tend to have a squared edge on one side and a curved over edge on the other.&nbsp; That fits here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a pretty good feeling that this is real.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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