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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1084620, member: 112&quot;]As a general rule the tolerance level is plus or minus 1%. So with 12.5gm as the base that gives you a spread of 12.375 to 12.625. That said, if a coin is worn enough it can lose some weight, but it requires a great deal of wear. So if you find a coin that is light you first have to consider how much wear the coin has. Then you also have realize that you have a 33/33/33 chance of the coin having been on the low end of the tolerance spread, on the high end of the tolerance spread, or just right. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are two schools of thought on this. Some assume that coins that are light were on the low end and so with wear the coins could be light. And that&#039;s true, they could. But you only have a 1 out of 3 chance of that being right. The other thinking is that if the coin is light and since you have a 2 out of 3 chance that the coin should not be light unless it is a very low grade, then the coin is suspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now some people will go to the trouble of weighing 50 or 100 coins worn coins and finding some of them light will say that that is proof that the coins lose weight with even medium wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>But on the other hand people who sell junk silver, bags of $1,000 face value regardless of denomination, and regardless of typical wear on the coins in the bag, will tell you that without exception that bag of coins is always within that 1% tolerance level.</p><p><br /></p><p>This gives you a choice - 1 - you can believe the people who weigh 50 or 100 coins individually, 2 - or you can believe the people who weigh a minimum of 1,000 to 10,000 coins at a time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take your pick. And don&#039;t forget, it depends on the amount of wear when dealing with a single coin. If the coin is worn slick or almost so then don&#039;t worry about it. Anything else and you might have something to worry about or you might not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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