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Message:: [QUOTE="rhendricks2020, post: 26100928, member: 118392"]I was reading a post on a Reddit group (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/1j6uheh/did_i_get_lucky/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/1j6uheh/did_i_get_lucky/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/1j6uheh/did_i_get_lucky</a>/)regarding a coin's weight and I am wondering what your thoughts might be.  They were talking about the weight of a Morgan Dollar determining if the coin was legit or not.  Based on the pictures of the coin, it was clear that the coin was a counterfeit coin.  The color, texture on the coin, coin rim, and font on the coin were wrong.  The OP posted the picture of the coin's weight showing it to be 24g.  This got me thinking about one of my Morgans. I have a 1880 O Morgan.  From the fine people at CoinTalk I acquired a coin weight tolerance chart which said that Morgans should weigh 26.730 with a tolerance of 0.097 in coin weight.  This means that Morgans should weigh 26.337g or 26.827g fresh from the mint.  My Morgan weighs 25.36g and is heavily worn.  Is it plausible that it lost nearly 1g worth of weight due to wear? Yes, my scale is properly calibrated - just to answer that question. Attachments to follow:[ATTACH=full]1663895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1663896[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1663897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]