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killians76 Pillar of the Community United States 986 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 08:06 am Wanting to know if there is a tolerance on the 3.11 grams. I weighed one of my 1969s at work in the QA lab and came up with 3.175147 . Is that within a tolerance it may have? Thanks Edited by killians76 06/06/2018 08:08 am Report this Post to the Staff

chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 08:10 am I believe it's .13g +/- Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 11:36 am Correct +/- .13 grams, same tolerance for the zinc cents as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74584 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 11:45 am Good question and great answers! Thank you for posting this thread. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 1:37 pm Keep in mind it is a "recommended" tolerance, not sealed in stone. Many factors can affect a coin from wear, abuse, and stock plate thicknesses If a coin reads 2.8g it may be minutely under thickness, and even on the heavier side. This is quite normal, don't lose your nut(scrat)! Edited by Crazyb0 06/06/2018 1:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Halo1st Pillar of the Community United States 2775 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 5:05 pm Quote: Correct +/- .13 grams, same tolerance for the zinc cents as well. Conder101, curious did it change for zinc cents? +/- .13 grams, (1873 - 1982) same tolerance for the 1943 zinc-plated steel cents. +/- .10 grams, (1982 - present) for copper-plated zinc. Thanks, Doug. Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 5:25 pm Yes. It's .10 +/- for zinc cents. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/07/2018 09:07 am You're correct I should have double checked the references. The zinc cent is .10 grams. And Crazy those "recommended" tolerances are for MS coins. Coins that have been worn could be out of tolerance, but a MS coin SHOULD be within the tolerance range. If it isn't technically it is an error, but it has to be SIGNIFICANTLY out of tolerance to have an premium value. For a cent I would think something like .4 grams or more out of tolerance before it would have any real value. Report this Post to the Staff
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