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Sort of interesting Indian cent I found

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  • ManorcourtmanManorcourtman Posts: 8,357 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably a tapered planchet. Have you weighed it? Cool find.

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Weigh the coin and I bet it’s slightly underweight – might be a minor tapered end planchet.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tapered planchet (see above)

  • Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,675 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 8, 2026 3:15PM

    Looks like 4.6 grams

  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Expected weight is 4.670 +/- 0.130 grams, or 4.54-4.80 grams. So your example is towards the low end of the expected range.

    I wouldn't worry about the weight on this one. A tapered planchet doesn't need to lose much weight to give the appearance that you have.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got any pics of the edge?

  • Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,675 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The slight hit on the edge is where the taper starts kind of

  • World67World67 Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, that explains the user name.

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