Have A Question About 1958 Wheat Penny Weights 3.27

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shylo New Member Bermuda 36 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 8:46 pm Have a question about 1958 Wheat penny weights 3.27 Is the first pics and the second pics weight is 3.11 Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34406 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 8:54 pm This thread may be of some interest: http://goccf.com/t/280621 3.11 g + 0.13 g = 3.24 g, which is awfully close to your '58 P coin measurement of 3.27 g, but I agree that is seems a tad heavy. How sure are you that your scale is accurate to the nearest 0.01 g? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
shylo New Member Bermuda 36 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 9:00 pm It's 0.00 I will take a pics.....thanks Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34406 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 9:08 pm Quote: 0.00 @Shylo, sorry I wasn't clear before. I'm sure that your scale will display a weight to the nearest 0.01 g, my question is whether it is accurate enough. That is, could that final digit may not actually always be the correct number? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
shylo New Member Bermuda 36 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 9:17 pm Report this Post to the Staff
shylo New Member Bermuda 36 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 9:21 pm @spencer sorry yes it is I will try to use someone else's scale to check it again.....but it is heavier then the other 1958 penny Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 10:40 pm Not much of a chance someone counterfeited a 58 Cent though. Report this Post to the Staff
shylo New Member Bermuda 36 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 11:24 pm Ya I lost with this 1.... every time I weigh it I get de same thing Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4591 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 11:31 pm When you calibrate a scale, you are basically recomputing a coefficient. That coefficient is how the scale converts the electrical signal from the strain gauge into a weight. Typically they use a 10gm weight and so you have two points on a straight line, 0.00g and 10.00g and (simplifying) if the signal is half as strong, the scale shows 5.00g. If the scale hasn't been calibrated, it will still show 0.00 (that's the tare function), but it will consistently report an inaccurate result. If the temperature is very different, even the air pressure (for a scale of sufficient accuracy), you need to recalibrate it. -----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
shylo New Member Bermuda 36 Posts	Posted 02/06/2018 09:02 am Good morning all weights are confirm .....but I am still lost at this Report this Post to the Staff
John77 Pillar of the Community United States 2910 Posts	Posted 02/06/2018 09:37 am Probably just a slightly thicker than normal planchet. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/06/2018 12:49 pm Good a guess as any. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
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