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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 2429655, member: 76440&quot;]I respectfully disagree. The theory on these scoops is that only a few denarii blanks out of a set number were lightened to bring down the weight of an overweight batch. That&#039;s al marco, not al pezzo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s say the mint needed to stike 1000 denarii from 3800 grams of silver. The pourers do their best to pour 1000 perfect 3.8 gram blanks. When the blanks are made, ALL 1000. blanks are weighed together, but they weigh 3850 grams. The adjusters then go about scooping 50 grams of silver off of 100 blanks to bring the entire batch to the correct 3800 gram weight. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, every coin was not adjusted to correct weight (THAT would be al pezzo). Instead, a group was adjusted to an average weight by lightening only a few coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>If every Republican denarius was adjusted to correct weight, al pezzo, we would see a LOT more scooped coins and there would be much less weight variance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Am I making sense?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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