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Message:: [QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1012070, member: 23626"]Honestly, I have never had a junk coin weigh outside what normal tolerances are, but admittedly have not weighed that many. Those I sold were sold as a "Face" amount as well as the coins I have purchased over the years. I never bothered to weigh Silver bars I had purchased either, although I probably should have. But they were stamped "Englehard 100oz .999 fine" and the broker never weighed them when I sold one either. The label was as sufficient for determining value as it was for a coin. I did investigate selling Silver directly to a smelter a few months ago, and they were purchasing face value bags or lots and qupted their buy prices accordingly. Also, I have heard others that agree with Doug and state very little weight is lost by normal wear ? But evidently, that only holds true up to a point ? It might be interesting to study at which point wear is merely flattening of detail and when the coin starts losing metal. I suspect as said, it may be measured with the grade ?[/QUOTE]