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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 2054820, member: 9270&quot;]I&#039;ve seen many requests for a coin&#039;s thickness to help in it&#039;s ID.</p><p>I&#039;ve always ignored the question until it suddenly occurred to me, &quot;How <b>DO</b> you measure a coin&#039;s thickness?&quot;</p><p>The US Gov&#039;t <b>DOES</b> have specifications for thickness; I found that.</p><p><b>BUT</b></p><p>The only procedure I can find to determine a coin&#039;s thickness is to stack a bunch of the same denomination, measure the stack height, then divide by the number of coins in the stack.</p><p><br /></p><p>That seems reasonable is you can acquire a bunch of the same coins.</p><p>But what if you only have one coin?</p><p>Calipers can give you an accurate measurement but that mostly limits you to the rim measurement.</p><p><b>Is that where measurements are to be taken?</b></p><p>Doesn&#039;t sound too good for worn coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>And what about those 1970-something quarters that were struck on dime stock?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>BASIC QUESTION:</b> Is there a better, more accurate way to measure a coin&#039;s thickness?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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