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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 3655721, member: 78298&quot;]A minuscule weight difference will not reject the coin. A damaged coin or a different metal are the usual causes. Steel, aluminum, silver, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>2008 Pananma 10 centesimos:</p><p>Composition Copper-nickel clad copper</p><p>Weight 2.27 g</p><p>Diameter 17.9 mm</p><p>Thickness 1.35 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Current US dime:</p><p>Metal Composition: 91.67% Copper - 8.33% Nickel</p><p>Diameter: 17.9 mm</p><p>Mass / Weight: 2.27 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the weight and diameter are exactly the same,</p><p>I think the metal content is also the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes coins are rejected and they are the right size and weight and the right metal. And they are just swept into the reject slot with a mixture of other coins,</p><p>some that are legitimately rejected and others that should have been accepted, and were rejected. People dumped the coins in too many at a time and sometimes the good coin behind a bad coin will be swept into the reject slot together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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