Posted 05/08/2022 12:24 pm
Regarding weight: Even for Mo-mint pieces where weight as made was typically very close to standard ("27.07g"), a coin legitimately worn down to a G-4 grade or close could (really should) absolutely be down to 26.2g weight.
Back in 2011 when silver boomed near $50, I handled a decent amount of worn Barber halves and weighed a lot of them for study purposes. The heavily worn AG (maybe even "Fair-2") types were down as low as 11.4g from the as-made 12.5g!!
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Diameter within the pillar and portrait 8R series is ALL over the place depending on date range and which mint. Impossible to summarize in a few words.
Back in 2011 when silver boomed near $50, I handled a decent amount of worn Barber halves and weighed a lot of them for study purposes. The heavily worn AG (maybe even "Fair-2") types were down as low as 11.4g from the as-made 12.5g!!
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Diameter within the pillar and portrait 8R series is ALL over the place depending on date range and which mint. Impossible to summarize in a few words.
