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Since I know what your talking about, I wouldn't suggest doing that. lol
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He doesn't have to chew on it, Just feel for that ZING, that we love so much  |
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Right--I know the feeling of Al foil against filling. I think the plating question might be answered by weighing on a good jeweler's scale. I suspect a postal scale simply wasn't accurate enough.  |
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Since everyone is questioning the Post office weight, Aluminum try this Take a ruler and balance it on a pencil. Put that 1983 cent on one end and your 1974 on the other end. A nice simple balance. If the 1983 is heavier than the 1974 then I would say you've got something good. Awhile back PCGS offered to slab the 1974 aluminum cent for free if if came their way. I don't know if they would still do that or not but it might be worth checking into. And you don't have to worry about PCGS turning your coin over to the Secret Service, they don't do that even for counterfeit coins. They are all returned to their owners.
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They are all returned to their owners. Ah.. that's good to know. I was a bit worried about that myself  |
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A nice simple balance. Good idea! It is often the simple solutions that escape us!  Edited by jbuck
01/22/2009 4:25 pm
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I would think a postal scale would be able to tell the increments of 1 gram, and I believe the postal worker or the owner of the coin in question was mistaken, it looks o k , it probably weighs 1 gram.....just my opinion  |
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I didnt say that the coin is plated in zinc but it is plated. There is a "look" that is easy to pick out after you've seen enough of them.
Also, I have never been to a Post Office in the U.S. That weighs in grams. They weigh in ounces and parts thereof. A Pharmacist will be able to weigh grams, if you don't have a scale.
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Bill
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Bill, you write "They weigh in ounces and parts thereof" what would you consider parts there of in an ounce( grams) 28.3 grams equal 1 u s ounce, just a thought... |
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Morgans dad,
A faulty thought...on your part
parts of an ounce are exactly that, quarter ounces, eighth ounces, sixteenth ounces, thirty-seconds ounces etc.
Ounces are not converted to grams at the Post office.
Ounces is the type of measurement used at the PO and grams are a metric measurement used by pharmacists, doctors and coin people.
Anyway, a part of an ounce is not computed in grams at the Post Office in the United States.
Thanks,
Bill
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01/24/2009 4:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Bill, thanks for the clarification, I thought the P O did have the ability to weigh in grams, my mistake,  |
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Ounces is the type of measurement used at the PO And a regular copper alloy 1974 cent weighed on an oz scale accurate to one decimal place would show .1 just what he was told at the post office. (Even accurate to two places would still show .11 ) An aluminum cent weighed on an oz scale accurate to one place would read 0.0 two places would read .03 |
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That's a very helpful observation, imo |
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Pillar of the Community
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Can't you create a simple balance out of sticks and string? And then compare it to a bronze cent or a zinc cent.
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