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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3250684, member: 19165"]Yes, worn coins weigh significantly and measurably less than UNC coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint Directors annual report for a few different years did studies on how much was lost by abrasion. The conclusion that the Mint reached in the 1902 report was that larger coins lose more as they wear. Half dollar coins lost on average about 4% of their weight, dollar coins could be 5% or 6%. If you're talking extremely low grade coins (AG or G), the losses are probably even higher than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are buying extremely low grade, damaged, or otherwise "just-barely-coins" (which is what culls are), then you should be paying a significantly lower price for them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3250684, member: 19165"]Yes, worn coins weigh significantly and measurably less than UNC coins. The Mint Directors annual report for a few different years did studies on how much was lost by abrasion. The conclusion that the Mint reached in the 1902 report was that larger coins lose more as they wear. Half dollar coins lost on average about 4% of their weight, dollar coins could be 5% or 6%. If you're talking extremely low grade coins (AG or G), the losses are probably even higher than that. If you are buying extremely low grade, damaged, or otherwise "just-barely-coins" (which is what culls are), then you should be paying a significantly lower price for them.[/QUOTE]
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