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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;McGregor88, post: 3137285, member: 96891&quot;]The weight of a normal 1973 D Roosevelt Dime should be 2.27g according to this:</p><p><a href="https://www.usacoinbook.com/coins/1621/dimes/roosevelt/1973-D/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usacoinbook.com/coins/1621/dimes/roosevelt/1973-D/" rel="nofollow">https://www.usacoinbook.com/coins/1621/dimes/roosevelt/1973-D/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nickel weighs almost the same as copper, just slightly less. A cubic foot of copper weighs 559.87 pounds, where as a cubic foot of nickel weighs 555.72 pounds.</p><p><a href="http://www.coyotesteel.com/assets/img/PDFs/weightspercubicfoot.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coyotesteel.com/assets/img/PDFs/weightspercubicfoot.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.coyotesteel.com/assets/img/PDFs/weightspercubicfoot.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Since the total composition is 91.67% copper and 8.33% nickel, if the entire nickel composition only is missing, the weight of this dime should be:</p><p><br /></p><p>2.27 - (2.27 x (555.72/559.87) x (.0833)) = 2.0823 grams[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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