Weight Of Coins

Seated Philly Quarters Not So Cheap

The assumption usually is that no matter what the coin type, the mintage totals from the main facility in Philadelphia would generally be higher making the Philadelphia coins of any type the more available ones. That is not always the case with Seated Liberty quarters and that makes the Philadelphia Seated Liberty quarters an interesting group to study and collect. When the new Christian Gobrecht Seated Liberty design was ready to be attempted on the quarter there were actually no other choices except to make those quarters at Philadelphia. Actually, the new branch mint in New Orleans was opening for coin production in 1838, but it was not ready to produce large numbers of assorted denominations. In fact, as it would work out, the first New Orleans Seated Liberty quarter would carry an 1840 date while the first Seated Liberty quarter from Philadelphia would be dated 1838.

In 1840 the Philadelphia Seated Liberty quarter would have drapery added to the left elbow. It would be a lower mintage of 188,127 pieces, which results in a price of $31 in G-4 although an MS-60 is just $1,100. It’s probably a reflection of type demand for the earlier no drapery dates as realistically the 1840 has a smaller Mint State total than either the 1838 or 1839 as PCGS reports only 11 examples of the 1840 in Mint State. In 1841 Philadelphia would have a mintage of just 120,000 Seated Liberty quarters. It is worth noting that by 1841 New Orleans was up and running with a production of over 450,000 quarters and that would be a trend seen a number of times in the years that followed as New Orleans would regularly produce more quarters than Philadelphia. In the case of the 1841 the relatively low mintage results in a price of $65 in G-4 while an MS-60 lists for $750 while an MS-65 is at $11,000. In fact, PCGS has graded two examples of the 1841 in MS-65 or better while the total in Mint State stands at just 13 pieces. The 1842 would see an 88,000 mintage with a small date, which was apparently proof only, and a large date which was the bulk of the mintage. The scarce small date was last seen at auction in the Eliasberg Sale in 1997 where a Proof-63 brought a price of $66,000. The more available, but still low mintage large date is listed at $100 in G-4 with an MS-60 at $1,850, but PCGS reports only nine examples called Mint State.

Bullion Coins: 4 Platinum Versions | Futures, Commodities

Coins made from precious metals, such as gold, silver or platinum, are called bullion coins. The current market value of bullion coins depends on the amount of precious metal that’s contained in the coin’s weight. Bullion coins are technically legal tender, though they’re worth far more than the declared face value and are typically only used as investment commodities and not currency.

Gold and silver are the most common bullion coins, but there are some that are made from platinum. The platinum coins include the Platinum Eagle (United States), the Platinum Maple Leaf (Canada), the Manx Noble (Europe) and the Platinum Koala (Australia).

1. Platinum Eagle: This bullion coin was first minted in the United States in 1997, and was released in 4 different denominations, each made from 99.99% fine platinum. The design on the reverse side of this coin changes every year:

A. 0.1 ounce: This coin has a declared value of ten dollars USD, weighs 3.112 grams and is 0.95 mm thick. The diameter of the 1/10th ounce coin is 16.5 mm.

B. 0.25 ounce: This coin has a face value of twenty-five dollars USD and weighs 7.78 grams. It’s 1.32 mm thick and has a twenty-two mm diameter.

C. 0.5 ounce coin: The declared face value of this coin is fifty dollars USD. The ounce coin weighs nearly sixteen grams, has a twenty-seven mm diameter and is 1.75 mm thick.

D. One ounce: This one hundred dollars USD coin weighs over thirty-one grams, has a thickness of 2.39 mm and has a diameter of nearly thirty-three mm.

2. Platinum Maple Leaf: This bullion coin was issued between 1988 and 2002 in Canada. The Royal Canadian Mint released 4 different varieties during these years, yet there were 2 additional varieties issued only in 1994. Each of these versions contains 99.99% pure platinum.

A. 0.1 ounce coin, with a declared face value of five dollars CD

B. 0.25 ounce coin, with a declared face value of ten dollars CD

C. 0.5 ounce coin, with a declared face value of twenty dollars CD

D. 1.0 ounce coin, with a declared face value of fifty dollars CD

3. Platinum Koala: This bullion coin was minted by the Perth Mint in Australia. It comes in one variety, a 1-ounce coin, and has a declared value of one hundred dollars AD. While the coin is considered to be legal tender in Australia, the actual worth of the metal far exceeds the face value. The Platinum Koala has a picture of a koala on one side (sunken relief picture, an image “into” the coin) and has a picture of Queen Elizabeth II on the reverse.

@ The weight of coins is trivial in comparison to the weight of sentiment. Shut up dork. -.-

@ Just gonna get a couple of bronze packs first. Can't trade for just coins, so I need some dead weight players.

As I weight it all on a scale..shes seems to be after coins like sonic and tails..but that's the kind of ish (cont)

@ I know! The weight of coins in your pocket should be made up of _gold_.

Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Michael VIII to Constantine Xi, 1258-1453

The theoretical weight of the coins is known from written sources to have been 6 qirats (ca. 1.06 g) or 1/4 mithqal, and the fineness was about 90%. ...

Proceedings ...

For the purpose of securing a due conformity in weight of the coins of the United States to the provisions of this Title, the brass troy-pound weight ...

Congressional edition

And be it further 'enacted, That in adjusting the weights of the ance iu weight of gold coins the following deviations Bhall not be exceeded in any single ...

The Numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

Ho says that Alfred's later coins, weighing 24 grains, are of good silver; the earlier are, on the contrary, oi inferior metal, and lighter in weight. ...

Cast Chinese Coins

In every province there are current 1 qian 2 fen coins, and in accordance with the present regulations, 1 qian weight coins. Then there are mint forgeries ...