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<p>[QUOTE="TexAg, post: 3330160, member: 86167"]Thanks Berto for the reply. I suggested 25 Lbs based on my own empirical data, where I weighed a number of half dollar boxes (20 or so) on my bath scale. The scale is good to 0.2 Lbs so not super accurate. However, in every case the box weighed 25.0 or 25.2 Lbs. The few times it was 25.2 Lbs, I had some enders showing and found some silver. So, you got me curious about what the weight should be excluding the box. Coin weights are per the Red Book.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>If All Coins are Clad:</b></u></p><p>11.34 gms/coin x 1000 coins / 453.6 gms/Lb = 25.0 Lbs</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>If All Coins are 90% Silver (unlikely but we can "Dream!"):</u></b></p><p>12.50 gms/coin x 1000 coins / 453.6 gms/Lb = 27.6 Lbs</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the good news in all this is my bath scale is fairly accurate and I'm not any heavier than it shows, lol![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TexAg, post: 3330160, member: 86167"]Thanks Berto for the reply. I suggested 25 Lbs based on my own empirical data, where I weighed a number of half dollar boxes (20 or so) on my bath scale. The scale is good to 0.2 Lbs so not super accurate. However, in every case the box weighed 25.0 or 25.2 Lbs. The few times it was 25.2 Lbs, I had some enders showing and found some silver. So, you got me curious about what the weight should be excluding the box. Coin weights are per the Red Book. [U][B]If All Coins are Clad:[/B][/U] 11.34 gms/coin x 1000 coins / 453.6 gms/Lb = 25.0 Lbs [B][U]If All Coins are 90% Silver (unlikely but we can "Dream!"):[/U][/B] 12.50 gms/coin x 1000 coins / 453.6 gms/Lb = 27.6 Lbs I guess the good news in all this is my bath scale is fairly accurate and I'm not any heavier than it shows, lol![/QUOTE]
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