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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2624673, member: 1892"]A pure Copper "Quarter" of correct size and thickness would weigh less than a tenth of a gram different than a pure Nickel one. And in a "correctly" constructed Quarter planchet, the Nickel content amounts to only 25% of the cladding, nothing else. <i>If</i> the planchet here is rolled to the correct thickness and cut to the correct diameter (big "if"), the weight difference will be negligible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know where everyone else is getting their math. Go research it for yourself; the information - including weight calculators for each metal - is readily available online.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2624673, member: 1892"]A pure Copper "Quarter" of correct size and thickness would weigh less than a tenth of a gram different than a pure Nickel one. And in a "correctly" constructed Quarter planchet, the Nickel content amounts to only 25% of the cladding, nothing else. [I]If[/I] the planchet here is rolled to the correct thickness and cut to the correct diameter (big "if"), the weight difference will be negligible. I don't know where everyone else is getting their math. Go research it for yourself; the information - including weight calculators for each metal - is readily available online.[/QUOTE]
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