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Valued Member
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I was weighing some of my silver eagles and noticed a disturbing range from 31.04 grams to 31.80 grams. Is this to be expected? Out of 19 samples, average 31.32 g, max 31.80, min 31.04. Got a 2nd scale to see if produced same results and was consistent.
1986 31.14
1987 31.38
1988 31.22
1989 31.59
1990 31.80
1991 31.30
1992 31.54
1993 31.45
1994 31.79
1995 31.05
1996 didn't weigh this one since didn't want to open holder
1997 31.23
1998 31.13
1999 31.29
2000 31.17
2001 31.04
2002 31.15
2003 31.13
2004 31.53
2005 31.14
Any thoughts?
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Valued Member
United States
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Perfectly normal SilverFossil. When the ASE's are minted they are guaranteed to be 1 troy ounce but they don't mint them all at a uniform weight down to the 10th of an ounce, I don't even know if it is possible even with todays technology. Once in a while I run into one that weights 32 grams which I consider a bonus because it has 1 extra gram of silver! Yay! :) Edited by RealPeso
12/29/2010 01:06 am
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Valued Member
 United States
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thanks! I was a little concerned and did the ring test on a couple of them (they already had bag marks so I wasn't concerned with damage at this point).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with Real. The main thing is they are all accepted as a full ounce of silver, the price of which just went up again today. So when silver goes to $100.00 an ounce you can sell each one for $100.00!
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United States
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Mine vary as well. nothing to worry about.
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United States
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Anyone ever hear of their ASE being under a troy ounce by a whole gram? My ASE 2022 W weights 0.980 troy ounces or 30.5grams A troy ounce is 31.1g for those who don't know and I'm just trying to figure out of this is an error somehow or If it is counterfeited. It is not magnetic the same size as my other American Silver eagles and looks to be in perfect condition. I don't see any boy that it could have been hollowed out, shaved chipped nothing. It looks perfect and no different than my others except for the weight of course... Anyone have any ideas, thoughts or suggestions I would love to hear! Thanks #9786;#65039; |
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As I mentioned in your post about this, you could go to a local coin store, ask them to weigh it to compare to your scale and ask their opinion if it's genuine. Or if you can take really good photos of it, figure out how to post them here so we can look at it. https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...g-images.aspEdited by livingwater
04/20/2024 11:37 am
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Well there must be a tolerance that the mint will accept, every coin can't always be 'dead-on' perfect every time. the machines that roll out the material beforeblanking cannot be that perfect - after all it was made by imperfect humans.  Some of mine weigh a teensy bit light, and some heavy - but it averages out en masse. |
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The difference is that for base metal coins the tolerance is +/-. By statute for gold coins, it's an absolute minimum. I don't remember what the law says for the ASE. -----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/ |
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Just an aside, I guess you'd call it.
Remember the US Mint doesn't make these blanks and planchets. The normal supplier is the Sunshine Mint. And I even love to point out that the US Mint isn't even their biggest customer!
I'm sure they have to abide by some minimum specs provided by the Mint. It would be interesting to know these specs on weight, diameter and thickness. More than likely a lighter coin is short on one of the other specs or conversely a heavier coin is large on one of the other specs, that's all it is. I doubt the small amount of copper alloy would make a difference if it was slightly off, I'd be really certain one of the other dimensions is the culprit.
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