Morgan dollar minimum weight

What is the minimum weight for a real Morgan dollar. I have a few that are in the 25.7 gm range.

 

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mines 26.48 GM

 

Either your scale is off or I'd be afraid they weren't genuine. That's quite a bit under the minimum tolerance.

 

What is it ? 26.73 gm ? I was thinking Peace Dollars.

 

How worn are they? Can you post pics? Is the diameter correct? It's possible it's real - variance of as much as a gram (so down to 25.73 - as 26.73 is considered proper weight) happens, usually with a lot of wear.

 

That's a gram less than an uncirculated Morgan (26.73g). Is it circulated? Pics would help greatly.

 

Have your scales been calibrated recently?

 

Scales are right as I weighed about 30 of them and 4 came out light. The rest were 26.3 and up. They are worn, and I don’t have a caliper to measure thickness. They aren’t magnetic though.

 

Spec weight is 26.73, tolerance range is +/- .097 grams so minimum weight for a new coin was 26.663 grams. Tolerances on silver and gold coins were very tight up until 1947.

I would think that even worn slick it probably wouldn't lose enough weight to get down to 25.7.