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New Member
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This may seem like a stupid question but I was reading about the 1999 P Connecticut quarter having a gold or green tint and weighing between 5.9 and 6.1 grams and I decided to weigh my coin even though it is a 1999 D Connecticut quarter and it weighs 6 grams but does not have different coloring on it. Would this be considered and error just based on the weight? It's late and I am not sure how to upload files yet but the basic question is would the weight difference between this and a 5.7 normal weight quarter be some kind of an error?
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Moderator
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 5.67 grams would be normal with a mint tolerance of +/- .19 grams.We will need good photos front and back. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes--full, large and sharp pics will really help with the assessment. Thanks.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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@incents13: A couple of questions:
1) Are you using a scale that offers precision down to the 10th of a gram (i.e., one decimal place) or 100th of a gram (i.e., two decimal places)? You need such a scale to get accurate coin weights for most coins.
2) Have you calibrated your scale to ensure it is accurate? I've seen scales be off by a fair amount simply because they have not be calibrated for accuracy.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Moderator
United States
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would love to see pictures of this coin ( obverse, reverse and the edge if possible)
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New Member
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The spec sheet I use shows 5.67 +/- 0.23 grams. Weigh a couple more quarters on your scale, if they weigh over 5.8 grams your scale is inaccurate.
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New Member
United States
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I weighed 3 others just now and they all weighed 5.7g
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
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If the one pictured does weigh 6.0 grams then there is a good likelihood it was struck on an overweight or incorrect planchet. Such errors are extremely rare and very valuable. The coin would have to be authenticated before going further.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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2% out of tolerance is extermely rare? a wrong planchet is rare and valuable, but a slightly thicker planchet does not get me as excited
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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A little overweight does not bring much of a premium.
If it was 1g overweight, then you would have something
of interest to a collector.
Certainly not worth spending about $50.00 or so to have graded.
Edited by JimmyD
10/31/2022 4:53 pm
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New Member
United States
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Thank you all for your input, not sure what to do with it but I think I will try a couple more scales and if it keeps coming up the same then I will take it to a coin dealer and get their input on whether I should just keep it as a special coin or grade it but you did answer my question about whether that would be considered an error or not so I will keep my fingers crossed.
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Make sure the coin dealer you go to knows errors and varieties. John1 |
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