Weight of worn dollars
ajaan
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A new Morgan dollar is supposed to weigh 26.73g
A new ASE is supposed to weigh 31.1g
Anyone want to take a guess at the weight of both these worn coins?
ASE
Morgan
I found the weights to be very interesting.
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Don
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Why not just tell us? That would be even more interesting.
15% low?
Collector, occasional seller
OK
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Don
It would have been more fun to guess. Thanks for ruining it for the rest of us.
Next time you post a poll, please include the option: I don't want to answer because it would be more interesting if you just told us.
I was pretty close
Collector, occasional seller
I have never seen a ASE that worn before. How long have you been carrying it in your pocket?
That's how I bought it.
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When I was working at the coin shop I used to pull "slicks" out of junk silver rather than resell it to our retail customers. About twice a year we would do a melt of miscellaneous scrap silver and I would throw them in there to keep the net fineness up.
One year I weighed the "Slicks" as a group out of curiosity. THe lot was about 7% light compared to new coins.
Perhaps I saved you from embarrassment.
I've been weighing coins of all types and all conditions for years. I'll have to post some of the results BUT I don't have any records below AG.
Hey, I just found some in a diagnostic stack of papers I have not filed yet Enjoy!
Low grade 1805 - 1807 Quarters. (6.74)
PO-1
6.24
5.98
6.22
5.89
Good
6.04
6.38
6.27
6.27
G+
6.46
Corroded VF
6.32
Perhaps someone could work up the average % loss.
When have I ever worried about being embarrassed?
I embarrass myself all the time. It does bother me.
Just weighed four G-6 Peace dollars:
26.01
26.11
26.13
26.13
Interesting how they are both .99 at the end. Almost like one day less in the pocket wearing down and they would be an even number.
This is fascinating! Could be a future method of grading coins based on loss of mass.
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Those are really slick coins.... A lot of time as pocket pieces (that is a guess of course)...The weight loss is significant though, a bit more than I would have guessed...Cheers, RickO