And you lightsiders thought half dimes were small...
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Half dimes are huge. Seriously. 
According to coinfacts, a seated half dime comes in at 15.9mm in diameter, 1.3 grams.
I collect British quarter farthings (one quarter of one quarter of a penny). 13.5mm in diameter, 1.175 grams. Not bad...
And then there's the 2 coins I received today: Netherlands 5 cents, 1879. 12.5mm in diameter, and a miniscule 0.685 grams in weight.
These may be about the tiniest fully-struck coins ever produced (I'm excluding the crude Indian fanhams; those are lumps of metal). The "Panama Pill" 2.5 centesimos from 1904 and Guatemalan 1.4 Reales from the 1890s are a bit smaller in diameter, but both are thicker and heavier than these pieces.
Both of these are PCGS MS66 OGH. Stupidly cheap to get coins of that age and in that grade at $75 each. That's the fun of the Darkside.
Both are the same date, but I got a bonus on the second one that makes it just a leetle bit different...
Oh, and a pain to photograph.
According to coinfacts, a seated half dime comes in at 15.9mm in diameter, 1.3 grams.
I collect British quarter farthings (one quarter of one quarter of a penny). 13.5mm in diameter, 1.175 grams. Not bad...
And then there's the 2 coins I received today: Netherlands 5 cents, 1879. 12.5mm in diameter, and a miniscule 0.685 grams in weight.
These may be about the tiniest fully-struck coins ever produced (I'm excluding the crude Indian fanhams; those are lumps of metal). The "Panama Pill" 2.5 centesimos from 1904 and Guatemalan 1.4 Reales from the 1890s are a bit smaller in diameter, but both are thicker and heavier than these pieces.
Both of these are PCGS MS66 OGH. Stupidly cheap to get coins of that age and in that grade at $75 each. That's the fun of the Darkside.
Both are the same date, but I got a bonus on the second one that makes it just a leetle bit different...
Oh, and a pain to photograph.
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<< <i>I collect British quarter farthings (one quarter of one quarter of a penny). 13.5mm in diameter, 1.175 grams. Not bad...
And then there's the 2 coins I received today: Netherlands 5 cents, 1879. 12.5mm in diameter, and a miniscule 0.685 grams in weight.
These may be about the tiniest fully-struck coins ever produced (I'm excluding the crude Indian fanhams; those are lumps of metal). The "Panama Pill" 2.5 centesimos from 1904 and Guatemalan 1.4 Reales from the 1890s are a bit smaller in diameter, but both are thicker and heavier than these pieces. >>
As a point of reference, the U.S. Type I gold dollar is 13mm in diameter.
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I actually like foreign coins and will pick up neat coins like that. The only problem is if they are stolen they are actually tougher to track down sometimes. I had half a dozen slabbed shooting thalers stolen from an employee last winter. Awesome coins in old anacs and ngc holders. I put the word out and never heard a peep nor saw them on fleabay or any bourse floors.
Bet one of the check cashing guys that buys precious metals locally got them and scrapped them.
<< <i>This one beats even yours Dan, at 11.15mm: >>
Lighter too at 0.47 grams. I hadn't even thought about maundy money, because it didn't circulate.
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<< <i>Are those die cracks at 11 & 1 o'clock on the reverse of the 2nd 1879? >>
Yes, and also 12:00 on the first reverse, and at 5-7pm on the obverse of both coins.
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