Round 50s how many in a kilo? Thanks for the help All done

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  1. SilverTounge15

    SilverTounge15 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Can anyone quickly verify
    As im just double checking if im right from memory
     
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    tozak Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    about 75 I think
     
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    yup 75
     
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    SilverTounge15 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Had a feeling i was wrong thanks guys....
     
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    tozak Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Okay yes (74-76) to be exact, round fifties were pretty rough when it came to exact weight, book says 13.28g each but in reality they vary a fair bit.
     
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    House Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    See what you mean. Got 984gr!
     
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    There's money in dirt!
     
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    How many grams would be pure silver?

    100x round 50s @ 8ea = $800...hmm should i pull the plug???
     
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    You must of had a good average on that lot, here are the weights of four coins I pulled out of a selection of fifty coins, yes they are all real and all clean coins

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    I've never seen such variation in weight, and I've weighted dozens - that's over 10% difference. From memory there were three groupings of weights I used to encounter, about 0.1-0.2g apart indicating different planchet thicknesses.

    I wouldn't be trusting those scales.
     
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    I have also weighed them on scales calibrated by the Federal Government body Weights & Measures to 0.01g Resolution with same results. I have probably handled over a ton of round fifties in my time and this is normal I can assure you. Happy to post these coins to Gold Stackers or ozzie if you want to verify.
     
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    My scales have shown similar variances to tozak's.
     
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    I grabbed a handful and there definitely seems to be some clustering around 2 (or maybe 3) weights as mentioned in the other post.
     
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    12.4g seems horribly low.
     
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    It's possible it was cleaned by a previous owner & lost some metal content, yea??
     
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