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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3358051, member: 112"]Yeah, I know what ya mean. How can something that actually works, with any degree of accuracy, be so inexpensive ? But then I start to remember things. Like the 1st "pocket" calculator I ever bought. And I put pocket in quotes because the thing was about 7 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 1 1/2 inches thick, and all it did was basic math. And yet it cost me $85 - and that was considered cheap at the time ! And today they might cost you what - $5 ? And be the size of a credit card and do all forms of advanced math. So yeah, I was thinking along the same lines as you when I bought a small scale similar to that some years ago, it gave 4 decimal places, and paid about $20 for it. But it worked, and it worked quite well, and accurately and consistently. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that cost does not always equal value, nor does something being inexpensive mean it doesn't work. No, it may not have the degree of accuracy that a fine precision instrument in a lab might have, but is that what you're really after when you're trying to weigh a coin ? Given the tolerance levels that all coins are made with, have always been made with, a lab quality scale really isn't required. Especially since weight doesn't prove anything, one way or the other in regard to the coin being genuine, to begin with. All weight is, is an indicator. And close is good enough for that.[/QUOTE]