Buy your own scales and do it yourself is my advice.I can weigh as little as 1/1920 troy oz. (1/4 grain) with my rig (non-digital). I would think .00052083 oz accuracy should be good enough for you.
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<< <i>And WHY is coin collecting dying? Because it doesn't feel good anymore >>
Coin collecting used to be fun for me. Originally, PCGS caused me to get more involved with coin collecting, because they represented an impartial third party judgment about a coin. Now it seems like the TPGs are more interested in adorning their labels with gimmicks (flags, pictures, autographs), then they are in the coin collector. Have they forgotten that it's all about the coin, and not the slab?
Now, I am frustrated by rigid policies and ridiculous pricing. This isn't fun any more.
I believe there's probably some confusion and mis-information on this thread.
I'd be as surprised as anyone else if PCGS asked for $250 to simply weigh a coin and put it on the tag.
My supposition is that the $250 number is for a Specific Gravity test on the coin, which would also include the weight in the print-out.
Years ago PCGS charged $200 for this service, so I wouldn't be shocked if today in 2015 it's $250.
If it's a Pattern coin, there might be a question as to composition - it's happened before folks......
Can the OP go back to PCGS for a clarification???
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<< <i> Can the OP go back to PCGS for a clarification??? >>
I sent in eight pattern coins to be re-holdered. I asked that they also be weighed and the weight put on the label. In response, PCGS said that, if I wanted them weighed, they would send them to an outside lab to be weighed and also perform a metallic analysis. The charge is $250 per coin (in addition to the reholder fee). I said that I just wanted the coins weighed, and I didn't want a metallic analysis. PCGS said that I had no choice. If I wanted the weight, they had to send the coins to the outside lab and it is $250 per coin, because that is their policy.
If you don't believe me, please call somebody at PCGS and ask them. If you get a different answer please let me know so I can talk to that person. I posted this information because I am looking for help.
Reminds me of the story of the wife who told her husband she wanted something that went from 0-200 in under 12 seconds. He brought her a bathroom scale.
And WHY is coin collecting dying? Because it doesn't feel good anymore
Today (after a full month) I received my coins in the mail. The weights were not recorded on the label, of course. To add insult to injury, one of the coins was put in a holder upside-down.
So, I am now looking at the blue box with eight re-holdered coins and feeling really stupid for wasting the money to send them in to PCGS.
<< <i>And WHY is coin collecting dying? Because it doesn't feel good anymore Today (after a full month) I received my coins in the mail. The weights were not recorded on the label, of course. To add insult to injury, one of the coins was put in a holder upside-down. So, I am now looking at the blue box with eight re-holdered coins and feeling really stupid for wasting the money to send them in to PCGS. >>
But did PCGS actually charge you for the service? Look at your credit card online and see if the charges are there. If they are, then simply call PCGS customer service and they will rectify the problem. Simple as that.
<< <i>And WHY is coin collecting dying? Because it doesn't feel good anymore
Today (after a full month) I received my coins in the mail. The weights were not recorded on the label, of course. To add insult to injury, one of the coins was put in a holder upside-down.
So, I am now looking at the blue box with eight re-holdered coins and feeling really stupid for wasting the money to send them in to PCGS. >>
Did you get the 5 free collectors club member TRU-VIEWS?
Did you get the 5 free collectors club member TRU-VIEWS?
Yes.
Did PCGS put a metallic analysis on the slab insert?
No, because I wouldn't pay the additional $250 per coin. I didn't want a metallic analysis, anyway. I just wanted the weight. I did pay the reholder fees and the postage.
At any rate, it was my mistake to think that PCGS would be able to weigh coins and tell me weight. It was also my mistake to waste money on reholdering and photography.
<< How can they authenticate coins if they don't have the means to weigh them
Has this question been answered by PCGS? Has anyone called them and asked them this exact question?
In the email that was sent to me by the grader, he said they weigh coins that need to be attributed as "thick" or "thin", and they record the weights in their grading notes. The weights are not given out to collectors, however, unless they pay $250 per coin. So, yes, PCGS has the ability to weigh coins.
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I would think .00052083 oz accuracy should be good enough for you.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
<< <i>And WHY is coin collecting dying? Because it dosent feel good anymore. >>
<< <i>And WHY is coin collecting dying? Because it doesn't feel good anymore >>
Coin collecting used to be fun for me. Originally, PCGS caused me to get more involved with coin collecting, because they represented an impartial third party judgment about a coin. Now it seems like the TPGs are more interested in adorning their labels with gimmicks (flags, pictures, autographs), then they are in the coin collector. Have they forgotten that it's all about the coin, and not the slab?
Now, I am frustrated by rigid policies and ridiculous pricing. This isn't fun any more.
mis-information on this thread.
I'd be as surprised as anyone else if PCGS asked
for $250 to simply weigh a coin and put it on the tag.
My supposition is that the $250 number is for a
Specific Gravity test on the coin, which would
also include the weight in the print-out.
Years ago PCGS charged $200 for this service, so
I wouldn't be shocked if today in 2015 it's $250.
If it's a Pattern coin, there might be a question as to
composition - it's happened before folks......
Can the OP go back to PCGS for a clarification???
<< <i> Can the OP go back to PCGS for a clarification??? >>
I sent in eight pattern coins to be re-holdered. I asked that they also be weighed and the weight put on the label. In response, PCGS said that, if I wanted them weighed, they would send them to an outside lab to be weighed and also perform a metallic analysis. The charge is $250 per coin (in addition to the reholder fee). I said that I just wanted the coins weighed, and I didn't want a metallic analysis. PCGS said that I had no choice. If I wanted the weight, they had to send the coins to the outside lab and it is $250 per coin, because that is their policy.
If you don't believe me, please call somebody at PCGS and ask them. If you get a different answer please let me know so I can talk to that person. I posted this information because I am looking for help.
<< <i>Sounds like things have changed and they really don't want to do that anymore. >>
I agree 100%
Today (after a full month) I received my coins in the mail. The weights were not recorded on the label, of course. To add insult to injury, one of the coins was put in a holder upside-down.
So, I am now looking at the blue box with eight re-holdered coins and feeling really stupid for wasting the money to send them in to PCGS.
<< <i>And WHY is coin collecting dying? Because it doesn't feel good anymore
Today (after a full month) I received my coins in the mail. The weights were not recorded on the label, of course. To add insult to injury, one of the coins was put in a holder upside-down.
So, I am now looking at the blue box with eight re-holdered coins and feeling really stupid for wasting the money to send them in to PCGS. >>
But did PCGS actually charge you for the service? Look at your credit card online and see if the charges are there. If they are, then simply call PCGS customer service and they will rectify the problem. Simple as that.
<< <i>And WHY is coin collecting dying? Because it doesn't feel good anymore
Today (after a full month) I received my coins in the mail. The weights were not recorded on the label, of course. To add insult to injury, one of the coins was put in a holder upside-down.
So, I am now looking at the blue box with eight re-holdered coins and feeling really stupid for wasting the money to send them in to PCGS. >>
Did you get the 5 free collectors club member TRU-VIEWS?
Did PCGS put a metallic analysis on the slab insert?
Yes.
Did PCGS put a metallic analysis on the slab insert?
No, because I wouldn't pay the additional $250 per coin. I didn't want a metallic analysis, anyway. I just wanted the weight. I did pay the reholder fees and the postage.
At any rate, it was my mistake to think that PCGS would be able to weigh coins and tell me weight. It was also my mistake to waste money on reholdering and photography.
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<< <i>How can they authenticate coins if they don't have the means to weigh them?
Has this question been answered by PCGS? Has anyone called them and asked them this exact question?
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Has this question been answered by PCGS? Has anyone called them and asked them this exact question?
In the email that was sent to me by the grader, he said they weigh coins that need to be attributed as "thick" or "thin", and they record the weights in their grading notes. The weights are not given out to collectors, however, unless they pay $250 per coin. So, yes, PCGS has the ability to weigh coins.