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Message:: [QUOTE="kanga, post: 3237588, member: 9270"]One of my "for fun" collections is coins struck in my birth year (1941).I know that some of that catalog's entries have been questioned. Here's one of mine. I'm addressing the listings of 1941 East Africa, 5 Cent coins.According to the KP catalog there are 3 varieties:KM# 25.1 - 1941 (weight 6.3200 gms)KM# 25.1 - 1941-I (weight 6.3200 gms)KM# 25.2 - 1941-I (weight 5.6700 gms) I have not found a KM# 25.1 - 1941.It's priced about 8x more than the other two (BU = $65).I don't know if it exists but because of it's comparative rarity I'm not surprised I haven't found one yet. The KM# 25.1 - 1941-I coins that I have all weigh a bit more than the 6.32 gms indicated.They run about 6.45 gms ± .03 gms. I have not found a KM# 25.2 - 1941-I coin even though it's priced the same as the KM# 25.1.Since they are priced the same I'd expect the ones I get to be divided 50/50 between the two varieties.But I have 12 and they are all the heavier variety. I also have a KM# 25.2 - 1942 which should weigh the same as the lighter variety and it does.At least that proves the lighter planchet exists. So the questions are:-- does the KM# 25.2 - 1941-I exist?-- if so, is it less common than the KM# 25.1 - 1941-I in spite of the pricing in the catalog?[/QUOTE]