Overweight coin by .8 grams [solved]

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Hello There
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Posted: 7 Aug 2018, 04:38 #
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Is this coin fake? It suppose to weight 3.42 grams. I hope it real.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7097.html

CassTaylor
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Posted: 7 Aug 2018, 09:38 #
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Like I said on your other thread, I don't think it's fake, given how common these early 19th century Austrian coppers are.
LEÓNIDÁS
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Posted: 7 Aug 2018, 10:50 #
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I agree with Cass, this coin is very common and it doesn't make a sense to fake it. Is your weight working correct ? ``-
Essor Prof Catalogue referee
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Posted: 7 Aug 2018, 11:23 #
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Quote: "LEÓNIDÁS"Is your weight working correct ? ``-

​A better question maybe is: is the weight in Krause (and therefore also in our catalogue) correct?
My 1 Kreutzer 1812 also weighs 4.25 g., like the one from Hello There.
Andrey
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Posted: 7 Aug 2018, 15:47 #
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The coin is OK. The weight in Krause (3.42 gr) is wrong.
I collect coins and tokens which circulated in Africa from 18th century to 2000. I sell about 7000 illustrated world coins from http://www.avscoins.com.
Hello There
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Posted: 7 Aug 2018, 16:47 #
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Thank you for the replies. What a relief! How does Krause determines the weight of a coin, do they weight one coin or many and just write the average?
PetrusAscanus
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Posted: 7 Aug 2018, 20:01 #
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Quote: "Hello There"​Thank you for the replies. What a relief! How does Krause determines the weight of a coin, do they weight one coin or many and just write the average?
​I doubt if the writers of the Krause catalog have ever had a coin in there hands...:D
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CassTaylor
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Posted: 7 Aug 2018, 20:30 #
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Quote: "PetrusAscanus"​
Quote: "Hello There"​Thank you for the replies. What a relief! How does Krause determines the weight of a coin, do they weight one coin or many and just write the average?
​​I doubt if the writers of the Krause catalog have ever had a coin in there hands...:D
​And we copy their mistakes into our catalogue.... :snif:
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