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Will 0.1gm sensitivity do it, or should I opt for 0.01? Anyone have recommendations for brand/model?
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I bought the same scale ES series
I am very happy with it,
BUT
look around you gan get it for less money especially less shipping.
do not buy it from china or overseas.
mine is the 0.1g/0.01 accuracy
with a capacity of 50g to 500 g
it weighs in g,oz,ct,dwt for 0.1 g
and g,oz,ct,gn for 0.01g
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I'm interested, please educate me. Why do you want to weigh your coins? Are you ascertaining the weight on expensive pieces, or is there more to it?
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There are alot of scales available. Check out reloading scales made for shooters that reload shells. Very accurate and a wide variety to choose from.
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Originally posted by TSmith3510
I'm interested, please educate me. Why do you want to weigh your coins? Are you ascertaining the weight on expensive pieces, or is there more to it?
weight is for many pourposes including detecting counterfit coins, but it can also be an educational tool to see how much weight a coin loses when it is wore a certain amount |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bryan1315
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Originally posted by TSmith3510
I'm interested, please educate me. Why do you want to weigh your coins? Are you ascertaining the weight on expensive pieces, or is there more to it?
weight is for many pourposes including detecting counterfit coins, but it can also be an educational tool to see how much weight a coin loses when it is wore a certain amount
My specific purpose is for Counterfeit Detection. I'm tentatively settled on this one: http://www.digiweighusa.com/Article...ArticleID=53 |
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Dave, for coin purposes, you need a scale accurate to 0.001 grams or 0.1 grains and preferable a scale which will do both since many coins' original specification were in grains. For example, a Morgan hot off the presses should weigh 412.5 grains by specification which is 26.730 grams. A very well circulated Morgan I have (79CC) weighs 398.3 grains while my counterfeit weighs 380.0 grains. I use an old RCBS 5-10 balance beam mechanical reloader scale (accurate to 1/10 grain) which isn't made anymore, but similar RCBS scales can be had on ebay for less than 20 bucks. I have a mistrust of electronic scales, but I'm just old fashioned in that respect; they also cost more IIRC. Fred |
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I bought an electronic scale on german ebay last year 15 euro zero to 50 grams cause I am not intrested outside that range and the smaller the range the better the accuracy I got 0.01 gram accuracy which is all I need Whatever you buy ; if it is electronic ; get a calibration weight Mine is 50 grams ( full span ) When the postman delivered the scale all the banging in the post made for a 0.07 gram off real value Afterwards every calibration check allways showed it was correct and needed no calibration |
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Dave, arguably the Digiweigh might not be accurate enough to detect a clever forgery since it doesn't go to 1/1000th of a gram. A counterfeit Morgan, for example might show 26.73 grams which would indicate a genuine coin, but if weighed on a scale which goes one more decimal place might prove to weigh 26.734 grams which would be too heavy and thus indicate a forgery (I presume the scale would round to the next higher or lower 1/100th decimal, e.g., 26.735 or above would round to 26.74 grams). Judgement call; I suspect for 95% of most coins, it would be accurate enough. What's the price?
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Fred, I don't know why I never thought of RCBS. The digiweigh scale I linked can be had for less than $35, and I chose it based on company reputation and portability. The only problem with a handloading scale is it won't fit in my pocket, so I have to decide if that's important or not.
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