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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;saltysam-1, post: 1908318, member: 23368&quot;]Those scales are weighed and calibrated more often than most others. At the start of each day at&nbsp; a minimum. The scale manufacturers say that the calibration is good for a full week with heavy use, not just the one day the post office recalibrates.&nbsp; The government has the Bureau of Weights and Measures over see the accuracy. They provide the weights used to calibrate the manual scales or to verify digital scales.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure they are more accurate than the&nbsp; comparatively inexpensive units that most collectors have at home. Now if you want to buy one of the gold scales used by the industry, get your pocket book out because you will spend a lot more than a few Trade Dollars will cost. But at what point does it become absurd to keep challenging scale accuracy and do you want the poor guy to go out and invest in an expensive instrument? The OP doesn&#039;t have a scale and he is looking for prudent suggestions. The thought is, it remains a starting point for the OP to see if other steps are necessary, not the end all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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