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Average weight of a regular card

GuruGuru Posts: 3,127
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Does anyone know the average weight of a regular baseball card...no auto, jersey, etc.? Thanks!

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    EstilEstil Posts: 6,923 ✭✭✭✭
    No but we probably should...
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    54topps54topps Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭
    Not the card by itself but a card in a PSA case is 1.4 ounces.
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    creecree Posts: 393 ✭✭
    A regular card is 42.0 grams.
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    buntbunt Posts: 625 ✭
    The human head weighs 8 pounds accoding Jerry McGwuires soon to be step kid. So the real question is how many cards weigh as much as a human head.
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    mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭


    << <i>A regular card is 42.0 grams. >>



    I think your thumb must have been on the scale.
    42 grams = 1.48151 ounces
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭
    Deleted. See my post 4 down.
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    mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I weighed a 1978 Topps card and it was 10 grams. >>



    For real? I don't have a *digital* scale, but it took me 14 1989 Fleer cards to equal 1 ounce, which means each one is about 2 grams.
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    creecree Posts: 393 ✭✭
    I meant a psa graded regular card weighs 42.0 grams.
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    JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,241 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>For real? I don't have a *digital* scale, but it took me 14 1989 Fleer cards to equal 1 ounce, which means each one is about 2 grams. >>



    This seems correct to me.
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭


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    << <i>I weighed a 1978 Topps card and it was 10 grams. >>


    For real? I don't have a *digital* scale, but it took me 14 1989 Fleer cards to equal 1 ounce, which means each one is about 2 grams. >>


    You are probably right. Maybe my scale doesn't weigh something that light very accurately. But you make sense, because looking back at what I wrote it does not seem to be correct. I said just under 400 cards weighs 8 pounds ... can't be true, because that is about 1/2 the size of a modern day set. If that were true, a set of cards would weigh 16 friggin pounds! Thanks for correcting me.
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    Doug

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    MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136
    Dbone, if you want to check the accuracy of your scale, you can use coins.

    5 quarters weigh exactly 1 ounce. A roll of quarters is exactly 8 ounces.
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭
    Thanks Maurice. Looks like my scale is off a bit. My PSA graded card comes up as 45 grams (3 more than the prior poster) and when I put the 5 qtrs on the scale it shows 1.1 ounce.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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