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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4145600, member: 73489&quot;]<b><font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff">SLAB WEIGHTS: </span></font></b> I decided to get some of my money&#039;s worth out of that digital scale I bought years ago and did some random measuring.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Saints, I found differing weights by about +/- 0.2 grams.&nbsp; Same slab type and same era of grading, so pretty much apples-to-apples.</p><p><br /></p><p>For silver coins like Brittania&#039;s or Isle of Man&#039;s, I found the variance to be +/- 0.6 or 0.4 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have that many coins out that have duplicates where I can compare measurments.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;ll dig out some more and report back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, I have no idea if the coin or the slab is changing in weight (I strongly believe the latter) but as the scale appears accurate to 0.01 grams, I guess the question is if a total weight (coin + slab) that changes by 1/2 or 1/4 gram is within normal tolerance limits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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