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<p>[QUOTE="Evan Saltis, post: 8472978, member: 103066"]Interesting. I think it is a regular nickel planchet but rolled thin as you mentioned. The Denver mint struck only 2 issues for foreign use in nickel per Numista. Seeing as the OP coin is definitely not nickel-brass, I can eliminate those compositions.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are left with Liberia 5c (1972, 4g), and Costa Rica 25 centimos (1970, 3.4g, slightly larger in diameter at 23mm).</p><p><br /></p><p>So I'd say its clearly not struck on a foreign planchet... Instead just lightweight. Not likely a 25 and 27 year old planchet is laying around hidden in the bottom of bags of planchets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Evan Saltis, post: 8472978, member: 103066"]Interesting. I think it is a regular nickel planchet but rolled thin as you mentioned. The Denver mint struck only 2 issues for foreign use in nickel per Numista. Seeing as the OP coin is definitely not nickel-brass, I can eliminate those compositions. We are left with Liberia 5c (1972, 4g), and Costa Rica 25 centimos (1970, 3.4g, slightly larger in diameter at 23mm). So I'd say its clearly not struck on a foreign planchet... Instead just lightweight. Not likely a 25 and 27 year old planchet is laying around hidden in the bottom of bags of planchets.[/QUOTE]
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