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Pillar of the Community
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If you put the coin in the holder and it was nice looking when you put it in, I would bet on PVC damage. Some old 2x2s used poor quality plastic.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah I'm going with some type of chemical contamination, there are a few nice shiny spots on HRH and the strike is OK. Dewlap is probably filled with a little with whatever it is on the reverse.
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Rest in Peace
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OK guys, thanks for the explanation.
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Pillar of the Community
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did you wiegh it by chance? i found something similiar https://goccf.com/t/106715at first I thought it was missing plating (new to this, didnt realize they werent plated) then thought maybe enviromental damage but the details were all there, maybe a similiar "bad planchet" |
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Hi wade I weighed it with my wife's kitchen scale....Did it 3 times and it weighed 6 grams every time...  I looked up a 1974 quarter and it is suppose to weigh 5.07 grams, strange because it doesn't look bigger than a normal quarter...Of course my weigh scale may be out, but it shows it measures to 1/1000 th of a gram. I 1972 was the last year they made quarters that weighed 5.83 grams and went to 5.07 grams after that. Edited by wert
01/12/2012 10:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
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A kitchen scale just is not accurate enough imo wert.
At the least I use a small digital scale that I calibrate with a certified 1gram weight (gold in this case), when I need a more exact measurement I stroll into the jewelers as they usually have scales capable of 1/10 of a gram with accuracy.
I can't say the scale you're using is wrong either, I just think it's something to watch out for.
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Rest in Peace
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Thanks Ugly for the heads up...Do most coin shops sell fairly accurate scales that would be good enough for my personal use with coins....?
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Pillar of the Community
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1984 Posts |
You can probably buy a cheap digital scale on ebay for maybe $10 or $20 out of Hong Kong. |
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Excellent...Thanks Smallcentguy...Will look into it.
Is a scale that is accurate to 0.1 grams good enough...?
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01/12/2012 1:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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That's pretty much as good as you can expect Wert, I'd go for it. Test it when you get it with known good items, like say an uncirculated silver ten cent.
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Rest in Peace
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Thanks wade...Went to their web site and the scale looks great, only one problem, why aren't there any London Drug stores in Ontario...?
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Rest in Peace
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Even better wade thanks for your help.
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