For my fellow roll weighers

[cdickrun64]

I have a roll weighing 227.2g.....any guesses whats inside? My heaviest roll ever.... First half of box was skunk......im guessing i have a foreign coin in there....

 

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[BuffaloBoy]

im not a coin weigher and have no clue. my guess is either 21 half dollars(likely, happened to me once) or a silver. good luck!!!

 

[cdickrun64]

Update......roll contained a '64 and a 72-s proof.....

 

[BuffaloBoy]

that's a nice roll you have there, how many proofs did you get out of this batch? I rarely get proofs, silver is more common. for me anyways.

 

[Dok Holliday]

I'm sure you've had a single '64 in a roll before. Wonder why this one was so much heavier...that proof should have been no different, as it was a clad proof....

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I'm sure you've had a single '64 in a roll before. Wonder why this one was so much heavier...that proof should have been no different, as it was a clad proof....

any proof half dollar 1971-1991 is clad with the exception of the bicentennial(correct me if I am wrong), but from 1992-present, you have the possibility of finding an AG proof or a CuNi proof.

 

[cdickrun64]

Docster....i agree.....i expected to find 2 90%ers. Avg weight seems to be 225.3 or so....so 227.2 is 1.9g heavy....which would equate to 2 90%ers....weird.

 

[cdickrun64]

Docster....update.....i weighed the '64.....12.7g....so there is 0.2g "extra" weight.

 

[MIhunter]

Like I have said before on this form, weighing coin rolls is a waste of time!!!

 

[cdickrun64]

I disagree.....opening rolls weighing 225.0g or less is a waste of time.

 

[MIhunter]

So if a roll is missing a half dollar coin but there are silver one in it you'd miss them?

If a roll only has one silver 40%er in it but it has a worn clad so the weights balance, you'd miss that one too?

The weight difference is very slight between a silver clad and a copper nickel clad (11.34 gm vs 11.5 gm) In a roll of 19 copper nickel with one silver clad vs 20 copper nickel clads the weight difference is too low to appricate. Too many things can make a cooper nickel half seem heavier by that much or lighter. If this was 2001 and people werent interested in silver clad that would be one thing, but you are missing plenty of 40% ers. More for everyone else, and that is okay with me!!

 

[madwest]

.... weighing coin rolls is a waste of time

Depends on why you do it. I do it occasionally when I intend to set the heaviest ones aside - either for my kids to search, or just to prolong the excitement. I then search the lighter ones - all of them. Sometimes I just edge search, sometimes I date search - it depends on my mood and amount of free time.

.....opening rolls weighing 225.0g or less is a waste of time.

Depends on why you do it. There is always that chance of finding the unexpected even if the unexpected might not be Ag. In fact, the unexpected might be the reason for the unusual lightness (eg, large cent).

Fact is, we all do things that "wastes" time (that's the hobby aspect). Consistent with the logic of pure efficiency, posting on this board is a waste of time - unless it is posting of a question whose answer might enhance overall efficiency.

 

[alaskanfever]

I like to weigh my rolls as well but i must say i open every roll regardless of weight. I have personally weighed rolls and have had rolls with only 19 in them and actually pulled out one 90%er and one 40%er out of it. So that was what fixed me on opening every single roll.