1974 Virgin Islands 1 dollar wrong weight!

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Hello :)
i have this coin and wonder what wrong.
weight should be 24.9 g . and mine 22.0 g!

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3397.html

Any thoughts or help with this would be greatly appreciated thanks.


silly question - Is your scale calibrated?
I sell my Duplicate or Un-Needed coins on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/str/coinsandmorenj.
Quote: "aaronmgd"​silly question - Is your scale calibrated?
​yes it is. 100%
One possible explanation is that your coin is not 0.925 silver KM#6a (which according to Krause should weight 25.7 g) but copper-nickel KM#6. Though Krause doesn't bother to give the weight of the copper-nickel version, I've seen it before with other crown-sized modern coins - the non-silver versions are significantly lighter.
Look at the color of the coin (it's difficult to judge by your picture) - silver versions are usually more whitish-silverish whereas copper-nickel versions are usually a bit darker with "nickelish" color to it.
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Very possible numista has it wrong...
I sell my Duplicate or Un-Needed coins on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/str/coinsandmorenj.
Quote: "glykan"​One possible explanation is that your coin is not 0.925 silver KM#6a (which according to Krause should weight 25.7 g) but copper-nickel KM#6. Though Krause doesn't bother to give the weight of the copper-nickel version, I've seen it before with other crown-sized modern coins - the non-silver versions are significantly lighter.
​Look at the color of the coin (it's difficult to judge by your picture) - silver versions are usually more whitish-silverish whereas copper-nickel versions are usually a bit darker with "nickelish" color to it.
​thanks glykan for info. I believe my coin is copper nickel . i bought last year from ebay . and its looks like not silver .
Quote: "aaronmgd"​Very possible numista has it wrong...
​thanks aaronmgd. I had weight with two different scales. And same weight !
Quote: "aaronmgd"​Very possible numista has it wrong...
​I've just checked several older editions of Krause but there isn't any edition where the weight of the copper-nickel dollar is mentioned. I also can't find it anywhere on the internet. So I don't know where the weight of this coin in our catalog comes from, it might indeed be wrong.
I only have a silver dollar, not a copper nickel one so I can't check it, but as you can see here (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3397.html) Andrey78 has one on his swap list. You can send him a message and ask if he can weigh his coin.
Quote: "Essor Prof"
Quote: "aaronmgd"​Very possible numista has it wrong...
​​I've just checked several older editions of Krause but there isn't any edition where the weight of the copper-nickel dollar is mentioned. I also can't find it anywhere on the internet. So I don't know where the weight of this coin in our catalog comes from, it might indeed be wrong.
​I only have a silver dollar, not a copper nickel one so I can't check it, but as you can see here (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3397.html) Andrey78 has one on his swap list. You can send him a message and ask if he can weigh his coin.
​thanks @Essor prof. i haven't noticed someone here have the same coin.
I will send pm to andrey78 and will see.

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