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Hi, it's my first time on this website and I'm trying to figure it out but I was wearing my stack when I realized instead of one. Troy ounce it said 0.985 It was because of this coin. I started stacking Aunt to find out that my first round wasn't even an ounce. It was a laughing yet sad moment &  The scale is not off every single other bar and round I weigh came up perfect. I don't know what it could be as I know how thorough they go through the coins. And if you have any idea or any information to point me in a proper direction or are aware of something like this, I greatly appreciate it. Hope to hear back. Thanks! Jess |
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 to the CCF I've read your post twice and don't understand if there is a question. What are you asking? What do you mean by 'wearing your stack'?  Edited by nickelsearcher
04/19/2024 05:46 am
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I believe you meant weighing not wearing but what did you mean by "Aunt"?  rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Russian Federation
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  And for @Brattygoddess (interesting nickname...) - to CCF! Edited by january1may
04/19/2024 06:28 am
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Brattygoddess, Please spell check before posting...thanks.Try the tissue test to see if it is silver. Post a couple good photos. John1  |
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Well, if your one-ounce ASE weighs slightly less than 1 ounce, there are several possible explanations. - It's counterfeit. - It's been tampered with (hollowed out, clipped, filed, scuffed etc) to reduce the weight, either accidentally or deliberately. - It's actually within the Weight Tolerance range of the mint. I believe for your specific example, this can be discounted as a 0.015 ounce difference is a little too high, and empirical evidence suggests that for bullion coins the US mint errs on the side of caution, giving slightly too much rather than slightly too little. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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to the Community! |
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Yes, I'm sorry. I was was having some difficulties figuring out this site but I got it down and I found the messages. Apologize for any inconvenience!
You are right. I did mean the word "wright" in that one paragraph then and then I'm struggling. For some reason my phone keeps auto correcting and into Aunt...
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New Member
United States
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There's no way it should be counterfeit. My mom bought it for me but I know that she always overspends and buys them. Drew the US Mint but I don't see it being tampered with or being fake in any way! I checked about the typical The differences in weight that are generally allowed and it's off by over a gram and it's only allowed a .39 +/- a gram to be off.
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@Brattygoddess to the forum. Punctuation and grammar are a little difficult to follow. |
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United States
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Well are you weighing by TROY Ounce? If so, then it would be correct!
One ounce = 0.911458 Troy ounce.
Or 1 Troy Ounce is equal to 1.1 Ounce
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04/19/2024 1:33 pm
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New Member
United States
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I apologize about my punctuation and grammar. I have vision problems and my glasses broke in a car accident and I can't afford new ones so it's been hard.
My scale is perfectly calibrated and I weighed every bit of my stack separately and all of my rounds and bars all came out to be perfect spot on. But my 2022 American eagle from West point its weight is coming in at,
30.5g
O.980 troy ounces
I hope this makes more sense and you can follow along with me. I have no idea how or why it would be under. It's non-magnetic, There's no evidence of tampering and there is no size difference between any of my other silver eagles they all match. They're all the same except for the year and for the one I'm talking about being underweight.
When looking at the website it says every American eagle should be weighing 31.1 g which is a troy ounce so although it may be more than an avdp ounce, it is under in the proper way it should be at for the measure of silver and gold in Troy ounces
I reread it and checked my grammar. I hope this is easier to follow along and you can help me out!
Thanks everyone!
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United States
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Whatever it's weight, you might want to see if the coin is real silver or a fake. If you have a local coin shop near you, take the coin to them, they will have a scale to weigh it to compare to your scale and they may have an XRF analyzer to see if the coin is genuine silver. Or maybe there is a coin club in your area where others will have a scale to compare to what you have.
Usually fakes have differences in the design that collectors look for. There are a lot of fakes sold on the internet so it's wise to buy from well known online dealers and from local coin stores.
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04/20/2024 08:22 am
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,and empirical evidence suggests that for bullion coins the US mint errs on the side of caution, giving slightly too much rather than slightly too little.  I believe these coins are "guaranteed" to weigh 31.101 grams. Could be wrong |
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United States
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I outweighed one on my Bullion ASE's and it cam in at 31.70g |
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It would help if you could upload in-focus, cropped to just the coin, images of the obverse (front) and reverse (back).
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