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Error NutMember
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Found this one searching some rolls that I purchased at the bank. Any opinions? Could it be lighter due to wear in circulation. It weighed at 2.7 grams. I picked this one out from the sound it made when I opened the roll out on the table. Thanks to all.
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Are you thinking "end of the strip thickness taper"?
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Error NutMember
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Hi Bob and Dick hope this will help. I took a picture of the side of the coin. I would say that it is does not appear to be tapered. Thanks & have a great night.  |
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 coppercoinsSite Admin
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I have found over and underweight coins before too. These happen on occasion - the strip is rolled out too thin, cut, and minted into coins. I have no idea what the value for such a coin would be, but I know they do happen.
I currently have a 1951D that looks and sounds like it weighs too much, but since my scale is only accurate to the gram, the weight is yet undetermined.
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Error NutMember
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Chuck, So would it be better to have the weight of the coin in grains or grams to a larger decimal. I seen in Bill Fivaz's counterfeit guide that He has all the weights in grains & then specific gravity. Thanks
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mikediamondAdvanced Member
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The cent was struck on a planchet punched out of rolled-thin stock. Such errors can get as light as 1.4 grams. The lighter it is, the more valuable. Still, even the lightest examples seldom bring more than $25 on eBay.
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coppercoinsSite Admin
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I personally have no clue what a cent weighs in grains. I would much rather see the weight in grams accurate to the hundredth. Normal weight is 3.11 grams. I would want to know the coin's weight on the same scale.
Other people might be different...that's just my opinion.
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DickExpert Member
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I also have the digital scale. but it has a selection of 'returns'. I use the grams.
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I recently purchased a digital scale. It should be at my PO Box today or tomorrow. The price was right with free shipping.
I'm going to give it a test by comparing the two Lincoln Cent coins (3.10 grams, and 2.52 grams) that I had weighed on an expensive scale at a Local Jewelry Store (M.J. Christensen's at the N.E. corner of Charleston & Ramparts Blvds.) here in Las Vegas. Said I would give him a pug.... Sales Rep was named August.
I will report the results, but I just noticed now it weighs to .1 grams not .01 grams. I'll check it out anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Digital-Scale-500g-x-0-1g-Jewelry-Gold-Silver-Coin-Gram-/390173954867?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ad82e1333
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I still may be able to use this scale - the specs also state 17.635 oz capacity x 0.005 oz increments (thousandth of an oz.). Then, 1 gram = 0.0352739619 oz…….. so a Lincoln Cent weighs .109702 oz. or rounded to thousandth..... 0.110 oz.
Thanking the rounded figure (0.110 oz) back to grams again is 3.119 grams, so this scale might be still a little "lite-weigth" but "close enough for highway work"
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I think that will work for almost anything.
They all have tolerances and that's good enough to tell you if it's close enough.
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