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gene1978gene1978 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭
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I bought some in a small collection this weekend and I have 3 that are double the thickness of the others. These are 1860, 1862, & 1863. Could these be fakes?
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The issues from 1859-1864 before the switch to bronze were made of copper-nickel and these are heavier and thicker than the bronze pieces.
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  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    beat me to it and hey Tom, hope all is well on your end~

    I just started putting together a collection with my kids club, and before
    I even started I had a 1863 au example, and when I got the collection started
    I noticed the difference in what had come in versus the one lone example I had.

    deffinately a great question

    thats the one great thing when I change modes in collecting and a great example to show the kids,
    you learn something new daily/weekly.

    I never get bored
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