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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1303602, member: 112&quot;]Yes, planchets were always weighed. But the finished coins were always weighed too. Why ? Well for one thing they had a law saying they had to. Still do in fact. For another thing they were weighed after to catch, not only mistakes, but thieves. </p><p><br /></p><p>And don&#039;t forget, from every batch of coins there were always those chosen at random and sent to the assayers. This was yet a 3rd effort to assure that no coins were being issued over-weight or under-weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have tried for years to convince people that adjustment marks occurred before striking and after striking. I have almost always been shouted down and told that I didn&#039;t know what I was talking about. Burdette&#039;s new book hopefully proves otherwise <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For what it&#039;s worth, I have also long agreed that many coins with &quot;adjustment marks&quot;, including many of those that are slabbed, do not have any adjustment marks on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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