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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 137800, member: 66&quot;]The shield nickel planchet is smaller in diameter and thicker.</p><p><br /></p><p>And sure you can fake a planchet.&nbsp; All you need is a furnace for meting the metal and casting the ingots, a rolling mill for rolling out the strip, a blanking press for punching out the blanks, and an upsetting mill for converting the blanks into planchets.&nbsp; For only ten to fifteen thousand dollars you can be in the fake planchet business.&nbsp; (I guessing here, I think there is a good chance my estimate is low.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen gold coin planchets and silver dollar planchets, both silver and CuNi clad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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