If you get a reply, you might get the response I got years ago from an outfit that was offering an obvious counterfiet: "We have a very liberal return policy."
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Ummmm, aren't all normal coins "single strike"? They're struck once by a pair of dies.
Perhaps it's a total lamination of the reverse, but then how would it still have a raised rim on the reverse? Normal copper cent is 3.11 grams, not 2.5 grams as auction states. 2.5g is weight of normal zinc cent. Perhaps the low weight indicates it is in fact a total lamination of some sort?
But, then how to account for what appear to be parallel grinder marks on top of coin in the picture?
I'd guess reverse was ground/filed off, and that accounts for reduced weight.
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Perhaps it's a total lamination of the reverse, but then how would it still have a raised rim on the reverse?
Normal copper cent is 3.11 grams, not 2.5 grams as auction states. 2.5g is weight of normal zinc cent. Perhaps the low weight indicates it is in fact a total lamination of some sort?
But, then how to account for what appear to be parallel grinder marks on top of coin in the picture?
I'd guess reverse was ground/filed off, and that accounts for reduced weight.
<< <i>But, then how to account for what appear to be parallel grinder marks on top of coin in the picture?
maybe checking to see if they can find zinc!