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<p>[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1557436, member: 41665"]<span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">Yes, jeffB: found your earlier post (it brought me here, actually) and it was very useful THANKS! The about.ag folks focused on <i>bag weights</i>, likewise. Both broadly consistent, fwiw.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">I see (elsewhere) that disappointed small-lot junk silver buyers are getting it too (rolls of 40 "Ag" coins w/ 4 clads, <i><font face="Verdana">super</font></i>light rolls, etc.) And don't get me started on the eBay scammers yet!</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">Another kind of winnowing occurs by your strategy and Chip's (below): you're culling 'better worns,' leaving the very worst. And leftovers are what's eventually salting the dealers' lightest FBs nowadays, LOL.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana"><u><b>IDEA:</b></u></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana"><u><b></b></u>To calc total bag weight <i>without a LARGER scale </i>I imagine it’s possible to estimate within 3 Troy Ounces with weighed and dated inputs of 20 Quarters (0.5% the total 4,000) drawn from the bottom of a FB. I’ve a hunch that might be possible to within 5 Troy Ounces with just 10 Quarters. By the numbers. </font></span><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">And there could be a downloadable app - if that saves you the ‘loss’ of ~50-60 oz. pure Ag (absent from a +$27k purchase) it’s no cheap trifle either! 'Trust but verify' is just common-sense today.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">Thanks for the #s , Chip!</font></span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1557436, member: 41665"][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]Yes, jeffB: found your earlier post (it brought me here, actually) and it was very useful THANKS! The about.ag folks focused on [I]bag weights[/I], likewise. Both broadly consistent, fwiw. I see (elsewhere) that disappointed small-lot junk silver buyers are getting it too (rolls of 40 "Ag" coins w/ 4 clads, [I][FONT=Verdana]super[/FONT][/I]light rolls, etc.) And don't get me started on the eBay scammers yet! Another kind of winnowing occurs by your strategy and Chip's (below): you're culling 'better worns,' leaving the very worst. And leftovers are what's eventually salting the dealers' lightest FBs nowadays, LOL. [U][B]IDEA: [/B][/U]To calc total bag weight [I]without a LARGER scale [/I]I imagine it’s possible to estimate within 3 Troy Ounces with weighed and dated inputs of 20 Quarters (0.5% the total 4,000) drawn from the bottom of a FB. I’ve a hunch that might be possible to within 5 Troy Ounces with just 10 Quarters. By the numbers. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]And there could be a downloadable app - if that saves you the ‘loss’ of ~50-60 oz. pure Ag (absent from a +$27k purchase) it’s no cheap trifle either! 'Trust but verify' is just common-sense today. [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]Thanks for the #s , Chip![/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/QUOTE]
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