Weight Tolerances Of Base Metal Classic US Coins?

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jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 655 Posts	Posted 05/27/2024 8:36 pm A possibly foolish question. I already doubted a III cent coin for not having the exact weight the type should have: 2.14 g instead of 1.94. Was informed here that the first years of those these could have some deviations. Hard to be precise with certain alloys at the mint. This should apply to other nineteenth century US coins? Where sources quote official weights to the tenths of the gram I should not take them as an exact specification when trying to assess a mint state coin? It depends on the type and year? Report this Post to the Staff

DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 05/27/2024 8:50 pm Whoops...... I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorations Dirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccaw Dirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting Report this Post to the Staff
jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 655 Posts	Posted 05/27/2024 9:59 pm Thanks! Very nice table. Once found readable Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24939 Posts	Posted 05/27/2024 10:43 pm Docc, any chance that you could post a larger image? Thanks in advance! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 05/28/2024 12:42 am Not with 300KB limit - give me a few minutes and I'll pop it on my site. I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorations Dirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccaw Dirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting Report this Post to the Staff
DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 05/28/2024 12:50 am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/...e=image/jpeg I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorations Dirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccaw Dirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24939 Posts	Posted 05/28/2024 02:01 am Docc, here is your table - same dimensions, saved with lowest possible image quality settings. Barely squeaked in under 300 kb. Don't know how it will look until it's posted. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6506 Posts	Posted 05/28/2024 03:10 am https://www.coincommunity.com/us_co...lerances.asp Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4588 Posts	Posted 05/28/2024 1:51 pm Chase down the enabling legislation, but also be aware that for minor coins the tolerance was generally left to the Secretary of the Treasury's discretion. It was generally specified for precious metal coins. -----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
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