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<p>[QUOTE="clembo, post: 1013890, member: 8033"]I knew you'd have some logical reasoning behind your view here Doug. </p><p>Have to point out that the lightest bag was 392 Troy which makes it fall below tolerance but certainly not 10%. Actually that would put average coin weight at 2.438 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I made up a half bag of mixed Roosevelts and Mercuries. 398.00 TO. As I have mentioned most fall into the 397-398 range.</p><p>A bag of 1964 Kennedy halves can weigh more. I've had those go as high as 399 TO.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what am I saying here? I believe there is some loss to wear but it isn't that much. If I were to get a bag that weighed 10% under I would surmise it would be a bag of dimes containing coins I could spit through basically.</p><p><br /></p><p>We don't weigh individual coins unless we think or know they are fake. We weigh them by $500 face increments.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the original OP questioning 40%. We don't weigh them period. They sell as they sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clembo, post: 1013890, member: 8033"]I knew you'd have some logical reasoning behind your view here Doug. Have to point out that the lightest bag was 392 Troy which makes it fall below tolerance but certainly not 10%. Actually that would put average coin weight at 2.438 grams. Yesterday I made up a half bag of mixed Roosevelts and Mercuries. 398.00 TO. As I have mentioned most fall into the 397-398 range. A bag of 1964 Kennedy halves can weigh more. I've had those go as high as 399 TO. So what am I saying here? I believe there is some loss to wear but it isn't that much. If I were to get a bag that weighed 10% under I would surmise it would be a bag of dimes containing coins I could spit through basically. We don't weigh individual coins unless we think or know they are fake. We weigh them by $500 face increments. As for the original OP questioning 40%. We don't weigh them period. They sell as they sell.[/QUOTE]
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