Weights And Measures....

I generally don't post the weight or measurement unless there is something about the weight or measurement that makes the coin special like my 3 Pig coins.

For identification purposes yes weight and measurement is greatly helpful but I generally don't notice it unless for the reason above. I just like pictures of awesome coins. I am not a scholar...yet!

I agree WB, when identifying a coin its essential in my opinion and when selling a coin can be even more so from the buyers perspective....but when admiring a coin or showing one of interest perhaps less so. I am no scholar by any shape of the word, and like you I love pictures of 'awesome' coins.

A balance which gives 1 tenth of a gramme measurements is easily good enough.
To add to my previous posts, when buying online the weight and diameter gives you an immediate 'feel' for the coin and generally the heavier coins, certainly the gallics will be better struck and less 'smudged' on one side. by measuring your own coins and weighing them, you get used to 'typical' weights and can therefore be more selective when buying. Its only a small advantage, but sometimes its enough.

Its no big deal , just helpful as it makes it quicker if its your coin and you want an ID .... and helpful for the reasons I have stated above, but for some I am sure it matters not either way.

i purchases a little cheapie jewelry scale for my coins, I like to weigh them personally, but don't know how much it adds really. I did the id on most of my coins successfully before I had the scale. I have found it as evidence that a coin is real or fake several times however. when I'm buying a coin it sure is a stat I look for.

I was thinking about getting a scale meant for reloading ammo. A good one will run around $90, and is accurate to 0.1 grains(0.006 grams). Most come with a few calibrating weights. I'm just not sure if they only read out in grains, might get tiring having to convert all the time.

I once bought a coin of early Ivan IV as a kopek. Was pretty sure it was a kopek (and not a denga, which I thought I already had), and, somewhat unfortunately, paid kopek money (the purchase was unofficial enough that I wouldn't dare try a return, and the amount was tiny enough that I didn't care much anyway).
Had it for a few weeks, then decided to weigh it... ended up as 0.32g, which is pretty clearly a denga (kopek should be 0.68g). Guess I was a bit unlucky (I did get a real kopek of that type later).

Oh, yeah, the scales. I don't have a photo (yet), but it's a pretty funny piece: dating from the Soviet 1960s, it was held together with knots on long-torn strings (apparently well before it got to me), and required particularly careful balancing because the empty weighing cups were unbalanced by something like 0.03 grams (thanks to the knots being somewhat unevenly spaced).


...As for sizes, if I post something about any of my coins (especially if I hadn't fully identified it yet), I always try to mention the diameter (or both of the sizes if the coin is oblong, like the Russian wire pieces).

I agree wholeheartedly..... very helpful to include when asking for ID.
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