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Does a penny head weigh more?

I read somewhere that the head side of a penny weighs more than the tails side. Is that true and how is that determined?

Paul
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2003

If you had a scale about a million times more accurate than today's best scales, you probably would find that a penny weighs more turned heads up or tails up because very slightly more of the mass would be very slightly closer to the center of the earth.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003

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