Recommendation For Buying Coin Scales

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coaster Pillar of the Community Australia 1364 Posts	Posted 04/24/2017 08:14 am Would like to buy a set of scales for checking coin weights when needed but have been overwhelmed at the choice, and price, range offered on sites such as ebay! Does anyone have a preference in regards to value for money that will do the job, as it will probably not be used that often? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/24/2017 09:14 am 0.1 is ok,but 0.01 is better and 0.001 is the way to go. Of course the more zeros in the readout means more zeros in the price. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
TobyJ Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1273 Posts	Posted 04/24/2017 09:53 am I'm also looking for some! I have some at the moment that only got to 0.1 0.2 etc, so can't tell if its closer to 0.2 or 0.1. I've just found these, and they are so very cheap. Can anyone advise if they will be decent / accurate? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100g-0-01...AOSw3utY5Fbt Report this Post to the Staff
coaster Pillar of the Community Australia 1364 Posts	Posted 04/24/2017 11:14 am So would something like this be adequate? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pocket-T...AOSw1KxXNEVV Report this Post to the Staff
SelectCoinCanada Valued Member Canada 414 Posts	Posted 04/24/2017 12:40 pm Where I live you can pick up a pocket scale at just about every smoke shop or convenience store for $20 or less. Personally I've owned a couple but got fed up with batteries and decided to splurge on a model that had an AC adapter. I purchased the following model from Amazon for approx $50CDN, it goes to .01 of a gram and is still compact enough to travel with me. https://www.amazon.ca/American-Weig...words=SC-501 Edited by SelectCoinCanada 04/24/2017 12:43 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SelectCoinCanada Valued Member Canada 414 Posts	Posted 04/24/2017 12:56 pm One more thing to consider is the maximum weight capacity, a lot of the pocket scales are 100grams which is adequate for most but not for others. So if you're weighing something like scrap silverware, I would suggest at least 500gram capacity. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4591 Posts	Posted 04/24/2017 1:26 pm Most of the generic Chinese scales are ok. Buy em off ebay, smoke shop, coin show, wherever. You need to calibrate them per the ibstructions and use high quality FRESH batteries. If you want to spend a few $ more and buy from a real business: http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/ - highly recommended. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
Parklane64 Rest in Peace United States 2668 Posts	Posted 04/24/2017 3:28 pm NTEP approval should provide the tolerances you want by their testing. http://www.ncwm.net/ntep/obtain/process https://www.ncwm.net/ntep/faqs Report this Post to the Staff
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