1967 Irregular planchet? Heavier than normal

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  • Marko0916
    Member
    • Jan 2014
    • 47

    #1

    Error Planchet | 1967 Irregular planchet? Heavier than normal

    Hi, I found this 1 by accident as it dropped on my desk and made an irregular sound. It weights 3.30 g's. I found a couple of other 67's to compare and noticed the other ones were all mixed in weight, heaviest of the other examples as 3.16 g's.

    Do you think i should mark this one as "Irregular Planchet - Heavier than normal coin of same denomination" ?

    Thx for looking.


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  • Petespockets55
    Paid Member

    • Dec 2014
    • 6890

    #2
    I'm not sure what the exact mint tolerances for weight is but yours is 6.45% heavier than mint specs. (.2 divided by 3.1) Probably not far off of normal tolerance.

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    • Frank
      Member
      • Aug 2016
      • 1553

      #3
      I looked up and saw ±.13g as their weight tolerance.
      "And he will tell you, skill is late — A Mightier than He —
      Has ministered before Him — There's no Vitality."

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      • mikediamond
        Paid Member, Error Expert

        • Jan 2008
        • 1104

        #4
        Your cent was struck on a planchet punched out of rolled-thick stock. Rolled-thick cents can get as heavy as 4.2 grams (with rumors of even heavier examples).

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        • Petespockets55
          Paid Member

          • Dec 2014
          • 6890

          #5
          Thank you very much Mike. Very helpful for us newbies.
          Does any one know what is the range for rolled thin stock? (If there is a "range")

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          • jfines69
            Member
            • Jun 2010
            • 28848

            #6
            Originally posted by Petespockets55
            Thank you very much Mike. Very helpful for us newbies.
            Does any one know what is the range for rolled thin stock? (If there is a "range")
            It would be thinner than the normal but not as thick as the thicker I am sure there is a +/- range for the manufacturing but I do not know what it is... I looked at the mints web site a while back but did not find any historical info for the manufacturing tolerances... I am planning to put in FOI request to find out but have not done so yet!!!
            Jim
            (A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!

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