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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jrg79, post: 25487968, member: 161676&quot;]Woah, that means than more than 20% of the specified weight (2.5 g for Barber dimes) was lost due to wearing down!</p><p><br /></p><p>So finally going back to my original question: given this, my own experience weighing coins in my collection, and the relatively lower tolerances in the primary sources I&#039;ve managed to find, I&#039;ll keep in mind that little old copper coins could be significantly underweight due primarily to wearing down through circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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