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joecoin85 Valued Member United States 325 Posts	Posted 05/09/2013 9:18 pm anyone have an awesome scale for weighting ancient coins? I just bought a pocket scale on ebay from China lol hopefully it won't break on me the first week 1000g x .1g Report this Post to the Staff

noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 05/09/2013 9:23 pm I got some good replies here: https://goccf.com/t/141193 Like they say in there, if I were you I would have gotten a 0.01g as they are more accurate and not necessarily more expensive, but you might not need that. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/09/2013 9:59 pm I use a Triton T2 550G x 0.1G digital pocket scale. I picked it up on ebay years ago but it is a very good scale. Report this Post to the Staff
dougsmit Pillar of the Community United States 1549 Posts	Posted 05/09/2013 10:53 pm The question is what you want to weigh. My largest coin is about 90g so a scale that will take 500 or 1000g is not needed. On the other hand, light duty scales usually go to .01g for the same price so that made more sense for my uses. After all, I do own a couple coins under .1g so the extra digit comes into more importance. http://www.amazon.com/Digiweigh-DIG...+weigh+scale Edited by dougsmit 05/09/2013 10:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff
MartiVltori Pillar of the Community United States 870 Posts	Posted 05/09/2013 11:18 pm I have one of these and it works quite well. http://www.amazon.com/American-Weig...s=coin+scale Report this Post to the Staff
joecoin85 Valued Member United States 325 Posts	Posted 05/10/2013 11:11 am Thanks for the replies. Yeah maybe I should have gotten one that is x .01g. All well they aren't that much dough. If I get a coin the weighs under .1 grams, perhaps I'll get the one that Marti recommends. Looks like a good one and US seller. Report this Post to the Staff
augustus1 Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 05/10/2013 12:56 pm I highly recommend the Frankford Arsenal DS-750 digital scale which is inexpensive, small, portable, and accurate to .01 grams. It is billed as a "reloading tool" but can do either grains or grams and when you switch to grams it stays there. It is very consistent -- weigh a coin on two different days and you get the same result twice. I had a $140 digital scale recommended by CNG and after years its display failed. This is much smaller and more convenient. You could carry it in your pocket. It goes up to 48 grams, enough for almost all ancients except the very largest. I have tested it with scale weights and it is accurate. You can tell I really like it. -- Warren Report this Post to the Staff
joecoin85 Valued Member United States 325 Posts	Posted 05/10/2013 8:19 pm thanks augusus maybe I'll try that scale one day. Report this Post to the Staff
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