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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 24688896, member: 105571&quot;]Went back and reviewed Fuhrman on this.&nbsp; The weight standard of the thick planchet was 104 grains and the thin planchet 84 grains.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I pulled my 1797 half cent C-1 (PCGS VF-30, photo attached) and weighed the coin and slab together.&nbsp; It came in at 567.90 grains.&nbsp; Fuhrman says this year&#039;s weight varies all over the place, from 70 grains up to 98 grains despite supposedly being struck to the standard of 84 grains.&nbsp; Let&#039;s just say that my coin is 84 grains.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the weight of the slab minus coin would be 567.90 - 84 = 483.90 grains.&nbsp; The upper and lower boundaries of the slab weight using the Fuhrman stated coin weight variance would be 497.90 and 469.90 grains.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s say your slab minus the coin weighs the average of my slab&#039;s upper and lower boundaries:&nbsp; (497.9 + 469.9)/2 = 483.9.&nbsp; Huh, funny how that is exactly the same number I got when I used 84 grains for the weight of my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fuhrman says the weight of the 1795 C-2 Lettered Edge Thin Planchet should be between 66 and 83.6 grains based on the known weights of the 1795 C-2 Plain Edge Thin Planchet coin.&nbsp; So that would predict the weight of your coin and slab to be between 483.9 + 66 = 549.90 and 483.9 + 83.9 = 567.8 grains.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your coin is the Thick Planchet Lettered Edge, then the weight of the coin and slab using the standard 104 grain coin weight would be 483.9 + 104 = 587.9 grains.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of assumptions in the above.&nbsp; I&#039;m not claiming you can really tell anything from using a methodology of this sort with regard to your coin, particularly if you have a Thick Planchet that varies significantly from the standard weight and also if your slab is a different generation.</p><p><br /></p><p>All I am saying here is that if you conduct an analysis of this sort you might gain enough information to justify (or not) sending the coin back into PCGS for a crackout and analysis.&nbsp; Might be worth a call to PCGS to discuss it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you might want to consult our EAC friends and dealers (Tom Reynold et. al.) to see if they can provide any guidance from their vast experience in dealing with this kind of quandary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, even if it&#039;s the less expensive thick planchet, depending on your coin&#039;s grade, the reholdering fee plus expenses to crack it out and have it analyzed would be a small fraction of the value and if it turns out to be the thin planchet, it would be a minuscule fraction of the value.&nbsp; Why not take the gamble?</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures please - you know the CT motto:&nbsp; &quot;If there&#039;s no photo, there&#039;s no coin.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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