Hi All, Trying to figure out what I'm missing. I recently bought a 1 oz gold maple leaf. I assumed it was the same size as the 1 oz silver maple leaf and was going to be using the air-tites I had for the silver maple leaves. Of course my assumption was wrong and so I ordered some air-tites that would fit the gold coin. The discrepancy I'm trying to work out is the discrepancy between the diameter/thickness on gold coins vs silver coins. For example on the silver maple leaf the diameter is 38mm with a thickness of 3.29mm. The gold maple leaf has a diameter of 30mm with a thickness of 2.8mm. Given that they are both 1 oz coins and the gold coin has a smaller diameter shouldn't it be thicker than the silver coin? What am I missing here? I appreciate your thoughts on this!!!
Gold is denser than silver. I dunno...could be completely off on this one... That whole 1,000 pounds of feathers vs 1,000 pounds of rocks.
Density does matter as things composed of elements with differing densities would take up different volumes of space.
Ok got it. I didn't realize that gold was that much denser than silver. That clears it up for me. Thanks to both furryfrog02 & Blissskr!!!
