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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ordinary Fool, post: 2668148, member: 85318&quot;]Picken and Grinin is trying to help you by extending you the only shred of hope you would remotely have to establish it hasn&#039;t been spooned. Even if it hasn&#039;t, it possibly could have been built up and filed down smooth by any number of skilled kindred craftsmen.... or women. I know some really talented gal jewelers too!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll even go this far, on a good day, I can still tig tiny micro beads of just about any metal that is weldable, including copper. The tiniest aluminum bead most skilled metal melters can do are huge by comparison to those that they can lay in or on stainless, TI, steel, copper etc........ just something to think about and yes that could be done with minimal heat affected zone leaving behind any additional damage to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have anyone with a pair of calipers measure the diameter of it in several areas. IF it has been altered or damaged, it&#039;s diameter will be smaller than known spec. To that end, I doubt it is a some newly discovered and very unlikely error, but, I personally, wouldn&#039;t emphatically state that it isn&#039;t without knowing the exact dimensions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other guys emphatically asserting this have tons more experience with these coins that I do and I give them credit for understanding the methods used and the astronomical odds that your coin isn&#039;t what they are telling you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, many people who own calipers lack the skill or knowledge to accurately measure a round object with them, much less from various data points to determine how &quot;round&quot; a circle is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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