Ballpark figure

[deserdog]

Anyone know a ballpark figure of the weight of sterling silver in the small, silver rimmed coasters?

 

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[Beachkid23]

I think mine were 10-15 gram. The ones with the glass.

 

[deserdog]

Wow. I didn't think they had that much! I have 8 of them now. Thanks!!

 

[SCpicker]

The last one I peeled off was a Frank M Whiting piece and weighed 5.4 grams. Lol I don't remember ever having any much heavier than that.

 

[jerseyben]

The last one I peeled off was a Frank M Whiting piece and weighed 5.4 grams. Lol I don't remember ever having any much heavier than that.

Yes, without pics my best estimate would be about 5-6 grams.

 

[JimDon]

I've seen real thick ones and others that war like foil. Same for weighted. Judge the coaster if heavy or light and between 5g and 10g is probably a good estimate. As a rule of thumb I only buy them when they are a $1 or less.

 

[Beachkid23]

Yes, without pics my best estimate would be about 5-6 grams.

Maybe that was it.... it's been awhile.

 

[tamrock]

I just took last week one of those maybe 5" diameter rings off a wine bottle coaster with a few other pieces of clean sterling to the scrap buyer and it was exactly 30 grams. I have scraped the smaller one before, but they're really thin pieces and don't have much weight at all. Yeah I'm with JD on these and I wouldn't go more then a buck a coaster on those, if even that??. I think I payed 2 bucks each on those before and came up short on the value of silver they yield. That's when I found out I won't be spending much on those anymore. I've passed on them also when I come by them in a TS and they have a price at like 3 bucks each for them, but someone takes them as they don't sit on the shelf for very long.