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Message:: [QUOTE="jlblonde, post: 1316316, member: 32000"]I calibrated my scale. It was off. new weight 1.4g I think you may be on to something Numismat. It might be a counterfeit. It could have had a silver wash. But then again, it could be an off metal strike. Here's the details so far: 1) The deep scratches may be from someone purposely scratching it to reveal it's true content. 2) The scratches are deep and run in one direction. 3) They don't look like they were made by normal circulating use. 4) The low relief areas do not have much detail. 5) The low relief ares are deep and very toned, almost blackened like British bronze Farthings. 6) Both coins are the same date and denomination. Why would one be made in billion and the other in 40% silver? 7) The denomination is rather a low value and wouldn't be worth the effort for a counterfeiter, I suppose. 8) Both coins are 17mm and the 40% silver is 1.6g and the bronze toned coin is 1.4g 9) The bronze toned coin has a die crack mark between the "I" and the "D" at the back of the head on the obverse side. 10) Mintage: 70,000,000  It was the last 10 Kreuzer made before the reform coinage took effect in 1892. 11) Almost twenty years had past between the last 10 Kreuzer and the reform coinage. The bronzed toned coin could have been made with old worn dies and with a debased silver content to match the changing economic times just before the currency had been reformed. What do you guys think? Be brutal. The truth is not always nice, but necessary. Am I on a wild goose chase here?[/QUOTE]

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