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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 870175, member: 112&quot;].01</p><p><br /></p><p>See this coin, even with that degree of wear, the weight was less than 1/10th of a gram light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everybody always finds it hard to believe that coins don&#039;t lose weight due to wear. But it&#039;s pretty easy to prove to it yourself. Go weigh some very worn coins. You will find that rarely is the weight loss much beyond the normal tolerance range for a freshly minted coin - usually about 1% either way.</p><p><br /></p><p>When coins wear, it isn&#039;t that the metal is getting worn off the coin, it&#039;s that the metal is getting mashed down and flattened out more than anything else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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