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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4721618, member: 27832"]The lightest coin I've weighed yet was a slick Barber dime that had lost about 20%. Weight gets lost from the <i>surface</i>, so larger coins lose weight (by percentage) more slowly -- the larger the coin, the smaller its surface area relative to its volume (and weight).</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure I've ever weighed a silver half that had lost more than 15% of its weight, and that would have been (again) a slick Barber. I've seen some pretty flat Walkers, but not as flat as the Barbers, and I don't think I've <i>ever</i> seen a Franklin that would have lost as much as 5%.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, mostly, I guess it's time to dig out the scale and get some examples. I'll see what I can do. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4721618, member: 27832"]The lightest coin I've weighed yet was a slick Barber dime that had lost about 20%. Weight gets lost from the [I]surface[/I], so larger coins lose weight (by percentage) more slowly -- the larger the coin, the smaller its surface area relative to its volume (and weight). I'm not sure I've ever weighed a silver half that had lost more than 15% of its weight, and that would have been (again) a slick Barber. I've seen some pretty flat Walkers, but not as flat as the Barbers, and I don't think I've [I]ever[/I] seen a Franklin that would have lost as much as 5%. But, mostly, I guess it's time to dig out the scale and get some examples. I'll see what I can do. :)[/QUOTE]
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