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I was working on a Coin Merit Badge project with our Boy Scouts. Our local coin shop had bags of foreign coins for something like $7 for a bag of 100 coins. They had British large pennies from the 1700's, German coins with beautiful eagles on them, some of which were actually silver. Some coins were much thicker than our coins. It's worth it to go look in the "Coins of the World" bucket at the coin shop, Joe.
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
Remember Ira Hayes
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Back when I was a kid, I had an Australian half penny. It was copper and about the size of a half dollar. Don't know what ever happened to it, but a person could have made a fine sight using it. miles
Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.
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Thanks for the idea. Need to make a slightly larger brighter site for my rifle. Got a "Mercury" dime 1944 just waiting to be used.
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Sharpsguy made one for my Sharps and it works great.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Campfire Outfitter
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Sharpsguy made one for my Sharps and it works great. Bill also made me one however I had to take a Swiss file to mine and give it a slight taper due to my shooting specks which made it look like a 2x4 way out there. 
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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Great Thread guys. You just gave me some really good ideas.
Thanks, O.R.
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Silver may look pretty but when light hits it the sight picture may jump around quite a bit. Notice that most of the old Marbles and similar sights had copper/bronze beads . Those ole dead guys knew. Copper!!!! And an Indian head looks best.
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I've a front sight taken off an 1893 Marlin that fits the sandwich description but it appears to be a factory sight. That or someone was good!
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