Norse Medal, thick or thin?

AUandAG

These things just confuse the heck out of me. I've tried to read and understand the threads but still don't
have a handle on mine. IS this a thick or thin example?
Weight is: 19.29g or 297.69grains. It appears to be uncirculated (did they ever circulate?).
Diameter is: 30.01 mm
Thickness is: 2.60mm

Thanks,
bob

braddick

Well, if a Norse metal asks you, there is only one correct answer.

pocketpiececommems

They didn't circulate but many were used as pocketpieces or had holes drilled in them.

illini420

The thin weighs around 200 grains... the thick around 300 grains. So you have the thick.

AUandAG

Thanks, Mike.

bob

illini420

Not a problem. Another way to tell without weighing them is that the thick is roughly the thickness of a silver dollar, the think about the thickness of a half dollar. Some believe that the thin medal planchets were cut from half dollar stock and the thick were cut from silver dollar stock. Makes sense.

AUandAG

Yep, mine is the thickness of a Silver Dollar.....Now I understand what RWB and Capt were discussing in
their extensive thread!

bob