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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 715853, member: 112&quot;]Even if you accept 1% as the number, that would mean that each coin would weigh 0.007 ounces less that it did new.</p><p><br /></p><p>7 one-thousands of an ounce is nothing. The mint tolerance for weight variation when the coins are freshly minted is 1%.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin for example, weighed 0.001 of an ounce less than a brand new one.</p><p><br /></p><p>When coins become worn, the metal is not so much removed from the coin as it is just squashed down and flattened out. That is why they lose height in a stack, because they have lost relief. But weight, they lose very, very little weight with wear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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