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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1921587, member: 19463&quot;]Find 10 new looking nickels which are supposed to weigh 5.00g.&nbsp; I just did and found a range of 4.97 to 5.10g (using my scales as currently calibrated) with no more than three of the coins within .01 of each other.&nbsp; Calibrating a scale using nickels might not be the best move.&nbsp;&nbsp; On the other hand a random group of twenty nickels may well weigh as close to 100g as the low price calibration weights sold on eBay.&nbsp; I simply do not know how to tell which of the claimants to 5.0 really is that weight.&nbsp; I have considered buying a .001g scale to weigh the calibration nickels but I&#039;m not convinced that their being marked to three digits means that their accuracy is better than the .01 models.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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