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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Robinson Crusoe, post: 165232, member: 6765&quot;]<b>weights etc</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Re weights , at the Columnarios .com website there is a reference to weights which states there was a 4% tolerance,&nbsp;&nbsp; I have reproduced here:</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Weigh it. A real columnario (8R) will weigh very close to 27.0642 grams. Be careful with sea salvage specimens, however, as they tend to &quot;loose weight&quot; due to surface corrosion. The weight of the 4R is 13.5321 grams; 2R, 6.7660 grams; 1R 3.3830 grams; and the 1/2R, 1.6915. Note that the legal tolerance was about 4% for 8R.</p><p><br /></p><p>4% of 27g. equals 1.08 gr. which would leave a coin such as mine at 26.2 gr. within acceptable weight . </p><p>It also has 38 &#039;leaves&#039; around the edge .&nbsp; &nbsp; ( still haven&#039;t managed to get it on a jeweller&#039;s scales yet tho ) </p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t look porous under a watchmaker&#039;s loupe either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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