Google has failed me (not Google's fault I'm sure).<BR><BR>I'm trying to find a list of weights for new, circulating U.S. coins i.e. pennies, dimes, nickles, quarters.<BR><BR>Anyone know where I'm ...

How do you measure tiny weights? It was a serious question before high-tech weighing devices were available because things you’d want to measure in very small quantities tend to be expensive, such as ...

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This glass weight originates from the Fatimid period of Ancient Egypt, roughly the 10th to 12th centuries. Unlike machine-made coins today, each coin in ancient Egypt was minted by hand, making it a ...

This piece of stamped glass was used to weigh Egyptian coins in the Fatimid Period (10th to 12th centuries). When ancient Egyptian coin makers made standardized coins, it was important that they make ...