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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8244514, member: 105571"]I think it's a casting of copper or bronze made from a mold of an original cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are porosities on both obverse and reverse. A casting made using a mold from the original coin will result in the product being slightly smaller than the original due to shrinkage of the molten metal as it cools. But the item is 1.3 mm smaller than the standard diameter of 19 mm, 6.8% smaller. Seems like too much given that molten copper shrinks about 5% upon cooling and solidifying. Also, the photos seem to show that all the devices are correspondingly smaller. The weight is about 3.5% lighter than standard, heavier than you might expect for a coin that's 6.8% smaller in diameter and that looks like it might also be the same thickness or possibly thinner than a standard cent. Far too light to be copper coated lead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why or how somebody made a mold from an original cent and managed to reduce the diameter and the devices proportionately is beyond my feebleness. But it's also possible that the reduced coin is due solely to the solidification shrinkage of copper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8244514, member: 105571"]I think it's a casting of copper or bronze made from a mold of an original cent. There are porosities on both obverse and reverse. A casting made using a mold from the original coin will result in the product being slightly smaller than the original due to shrinkage of the molten metal as it cools. But the item is 1.3 mm smaller than the standard diameter of 19 mm, 6.8% smaller. Seems like too much given that molten copper shrinks about 5% upon cooling and solidifying. Also, the photos seem to show that all the devices are correspondingly smaller. The weight is about 3.5% lighter than standard, heavier than you might expect for a coin that's 6.8% smaller in diameter and that looks like it might also be the same thickness or possibly thinner than a standard cent. Far too light to be copper coated lead. Why or how somebody made a mold from an original cent and managed to reduce the diameter and the devices proportionately is beyond my feebleness. But it's also possible that the reduced coin is due solely to the solidification shrinkage of copper.[/QUOTE]
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