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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3900026, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;ve read all those reports. But there&#039;s one critical piece of information that needs to be realized and understood. That being that coins were not removed from circulation until and unless they were so worn they could no longer be readily recognized. That&#039;s a lot of wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you look at the dates in the list you show, they range from 1830 to 1876. So those coins had been in circulation from 26 to 72 years - before they were collected. That&#039;s a lot of wear - before they lost that 4-6% of their weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is, the mint reports corroborate what I&#039;ve always said - coins do not lose appreciable weight to speak of from wear until they get to the VG stage or lower. And that&#039;s without taking tolerances into account. If you take tolerances into account that 4-6% drops considerably.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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