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<p>[QUOTE="triplesunflower, post: 1934880, member: 71237"]I weighed them on a .1g scale, and here are the weights in order of the images I posted:</p><p><br /></p><p>1 - 2.9g</p><p>2 - 5.4g</p><p>3 - 5.0g</p><p>4 - 2.8g</p><p>5 - 3.0-3.1g</p><p>6 - 5.0g</p><p>7 - 5.0g</p><p>8 - 2.4g</p><p>9 - 5.0g</p><p>10 - 3.0g</p><p>11 - 3.1g</p><p>12 - 3.0g</p><p>13 - 4.9g</p><p>14 - 3.1g</p><p>15 - 2.4g</p><p>16 - 2.4-2.5g</p><p>17 - 5.8g</p><p>18 - 10.6g</p><p>19 - 11.2g</p><p>20 - 10.2g</p><p>21 - 2.4g</p><p>22 - 4.9g</p><p>23 - 2.9g</p><p>24 - 2.4g</p><p>25 - 5.0g</p><p>26 - 2.9-3.0g</p><p>27 - 2.9-3.0g</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: Fixed incorrect order.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also managed to get the bottom half of the safe open and found it packed with about about 200-300 pounds of foreign coins. What would be a good reference to use for trying to identify them? A book recommendation or two would be good. They look to be sorted basically by country and there's over 100 of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a side note as an FYI, should anyone or someone you know choose to install a safe in your house, be sure to place it somewhere the threat of damage is minimized in the event of a structural collapse. This safe was fireproof, but a large steel structural beam fell on it when the house collapsed and damaged the top compartment so as to break the seal on it. If it had been placed in a corner of a room or somewhere similar, the top compartment probably would have fared as well as the bottom which protected it's contents perfectly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="triplesunflower, post: 1934880, member: 71237"]I weighed them on a .1g scale, and here are the weights in order of the images I posted: 1 - 2.9g 2 - 5.4g 3 - 5.0g 4 - 2.8g 5 - 3.0-3.1g 6 - 5.0g 7 - 5.0g 8 - 2.4g 9 - 5.0g 10 - 3.0g 11 - 3.1g 12 - 3.0g 13 - 4.9g 14 - 3.1g 15 - 2.4g 16 - 2.4-2.5g 17 - 5.8g 18 - 10.6g 19 - 11.2g 20 - 10.2g 21 - 2.4g 22 - 4.9g 23 - 2.9g 24 - 2.4g 25 - 5.0g 26 - 2.9-3.0g 27 - 2.9-3.0g EDIT: Fixed incorrect order. I also managed to get the bottom half of the safe open and found it packed with about about 200-300 pounds of foreign coins. What would be a good reference to use for trying to identify them? A book recommendation or two would be good. They look to be sorted basically by country and there's over 100 of them. On a side note as an FYI, should anyone or someone you know choose to install a safe in your house, be sure to place it somewhere the threat of damage is minimized in the event of a structural collapse. This safe was fireproof, but a large steel structural beam fell on it when the house collapsed and damaged the top compartment so as to break the seal on it. If it had been placed in a corner of a room or somewhere similar, the top compartment probably would have fared as well as the bottom which protected it's contents perfectly.[/QUOTE]
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