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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 153413, member: 669"]<img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to Cointalk b.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is always a possibility that a leftover planchet from 1964 was in the hopper, and got struck in 1965, but the odds are pretty low.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your first task, if you choose to accept it, is to weigh your coin (or take it to a jeweler or pharmacist and ask them to weigh it). If it weighs 6.25g, it will need to be submitted to an expert for authentication. If it weighs 5.67g, it's a clad coin on which the inner copper core is not showing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(If you don't have an accurate enough scale, and don't want to ask a jeweler or pharmacist to weigh it, you can always use a "popsicle stick scale". Just take a popsicle stick or something similar and balance it on a pencil. Then put your coin on one end, and another quarter on the other. If they balance, they are the same composition. If one is distinctly heavier than the other, the heavier one is silver and the lighter one is clad.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 153413, member: 669"][img]http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif[/img] to Cointalk b. There is always a possibility that a leftover planchet from 1964 was in the hopper, and got struck in 1965, but the odds are pretty low. Your first task, if you choose to accept it, is to weigh your coin (or take it to a jeweler or pharmacist and ask them to weigh it). If it weighs 6.25g, it will need to be submitted to an expert for authentication. If it weighs 5.67g, it's a clad coin on which the inner copper core is not showing. Good luck. :D (If you don't have an accurate enough scale, and don't want to ask a jeweler or pharmacist to weigh it, you can always use a "popsicle stick scale". Just take a popsicle stick or something similar and balance it on a pencil. Then put your coin on one end, and another quarter on the other. If they balance, they are the same composition. If one is distinctly heavier than the other, the heavier one is silver and the lighter one is clad.)[/QUOTE]
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