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Can A Silver Ptolemy Weigh 7 Grams (Or Is That A Fake)

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 Posted 05/03/2018  08:46 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Coinflipper to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi. I'm wondering if a silver Ptolemy coin that weighs only 7 grams can be real? Thanks for any views.
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If you have the coin, can you post a picture of it. At 7 grams the coin is very light and would be suspect. We would be better able ton tell with a picture though.
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Sad to say, but coin collecting is beset by counterfeits and thieves, anymore. For the price of a single fake coin, you can get a very necessary tool, the digital scale, to weigh your potential purchases. Sounds like you have one, and are using it, a good thing to do.

You'll spend about a $100 to $150 on a decent scale. The mechanical arm scales are OK, but slow to use and their cost can approach an electronic scale price.

Here is one scale, a common Dillon scale for reloaders. It weighs in Grains and Grams, as selected, cost $140.
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Thank you both. A las, it may be suitable for a novice to learn a hard lesson (re: fakes). I do finally have a scale, which weighs to .01 mm but I'll upgrade in the future. I'm having way too much difficulty figuring out how to upload here, so may be best not to take everyon's time up, and to simply find an expert in my city to put it under a magnifier. Thanks yet again.
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If you want to include a photo with your post, when in this reply box, just click on 'Switch to Full Reply', and the upload option menu will appear along with your post. You can continue to type your post, and upload one or more images from your hard drive or Desktop. If the images are too large, you might want to right-click on the image in your Desktop, and click 'Send to', then use yourself as addressee. This usually reduces file sizes down to required levels and you can drag and drop the new file back to your Desktop, replacing the old image(s), and then adding to your post.

Hope this helps.
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Thank you!
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