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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 8221503, member: 13307&quot;]Going through some coin boxes (of coins purchased long ago and set aside for a windy day) and I&#039;ve come across this Peruvian 20 Centavos coin from 1963.&nbsp; According to the original 2x2, it&#039;s <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/peru-20-centavos-km-221.2c-1958-1965-cuid-1097374-duid-1575645" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/peru-20-centavos-km-221.2c-1958-1965-cuid-1097374-duid-1575645" rel="nofollow">KM 221.2c (Thin Flan)</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444050[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It weighs almost correctly (3.9g actual weight vs. <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces131122.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces131122.html" rel="nofollow">3.95g Numista weight</a>) but man, are those details shoddy.&nbsp; The rims are terrible, the devices are weakly struck and/or are missing details/depth, the edges are irregularly struck, and there are numerous planchet flaws (huge die chip on the portrait cheek, HUGE die crack running across the entire obverse from I in REPUBLICA through the base of the portrait, die chip under the 0 of 20, what looks like a bubble under the V of CENTAVOS.)&nbsp; There are also a couple points where it looks like there is brass underneath some sort of plating - on the edge and a couple high points on the headdress on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>So, my question is this - is this a counterfeit pretending to be a more valuable Cu-Ni version of this coin?</b></i> (<a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/peru-20-centavos-km-221.2b-1951-1965-cuid-1114043-duid-1548720" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/peru-20-centavos-km-221.2b-1951-1965-cuid-1114043-duid-1548720" rel="nofollow">The normal coin is brass</a> and should weigh 3.8g.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If I can supply some more pictures, I&#039;m happy to do so.&nbsp; I think at the very least I should share a pic of the edge?</p><p><br /></p><p>Edge:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444057[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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