Question About Morgan Dollar Weights

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CoinHuntingDrew Pillar of the Community United States 4932 Posts	Posted 03/29/2015 8:58 pm Anyone know exactly/approximately what a completely circulated poor 1 or ungradable (too worn) example would weigh? Report this Post to the Staff

Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 03/29/2015 9:33 pm Around 25 grams, maybe a bit less if it's as worn as you're saying. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
1893S Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 03/29/2015 10:07 pm If it's in poor 1 it would be around 16-18 grams my poor/fair weighs 17 grams. Report this Post to the Staff
D0ubl3Eagle Pillar of the Community United States 5854 Posts	Posted 03/29/2015 11:03 pm One of mine weighs 24.48g. I think a loss of 8-10% of the weight is a good rough estimate of what it would be in poor. Report this Post to the Staff
pepactonius Pillar of the Community United States 9395 Posts	Posted 03/30/2015 08:51 am The lightest one I have weighs 25.57g, and it is pretty worn, with a hole punched through it. Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8516 Posts	Posted 03/30/2015 10:50 am Quote: If it's in poor 1 it would be around 16-18 grams my poor/fair weighs 17 grams. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
1893S Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 03/30/2015 11:25 am ooops sorry, I just re-weighed it at 22.7 grams..My mistake. I checked twice. Edited by 1893S 03/30/2015 11:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 03/30/2015 4:29 pm Even 22.7 grams is really light. Have you calibrated your scale recently? A genuine Morgan coming in so far underweight is one I think we'd all very much like to see a picture of. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHuntingDrew Pillar of the Community United States 4932 Posts	Posted 03/30/2015 5:28 pm Thanks. Had some disagreement when a guy posted a fake 1885CC morgan to a facebook coin auction group. He was so convinced it was real and got mad and said that decimal weight didn't matter. He put it on his scale and it hit 26, and didn't have decimals. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 03/30/2015 7:17 pm Well, when you consider that the allowable weight variation for a Morgan planchet was +/- 1.5 gr on a 412.5gr planchet - 0.1gm - decimal weight is important. Report this Post to the Staff
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