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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 2661457, member: 83845"]As other have said I think digital calipers are the way to go.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]590506[/ATTACH]</p><p>I usually measure the depth of my coins because I like to store some of them in Air tites and the depth is usually the controlling dimension for ancients. As reference the above is a Tetradrachm so pretty decent size for an ancient and still plenty of room for a larger coin. Just be careful with the metal calipers so as not to scratch <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 2661457, member: 83845"]As other have said I think digital calipers are the way to go. [ATTACH=full]590506[/ATTACH] I usually measure the depth of my coins because I like to store some of them in Air tites and the depth is usually the controlling dimension for ancients. As reference the above is a Tetradrachm so pretty decent size for an ancient and still plenty of room for a larger coin. Just be careful with the metal calipers so as not to scratch :)[/QUOTE]
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