Is My Coin Fake Or Not ?

Guys, this is simple. You can get free scanning if you have a hot wife or girlfriend. Take her to the coin show with you. Look around and find a bullion dealer with a scanner and then get her to ask him to scan the coin(s) to verify that they're real. 9/10 times, they'll do it for free. Of course, your wife or girlfriend might find some jewelry that she wants, so that might ruin your cost. On second thought, perhaps it's better to just ask if they'll scan it for you and pay a few bucks if necessary. Or, as previously stated, send it off to an authentication service. Don't forget that you'll need to pay shipping insurance both ways.

That makes more sense to me. The scientist in me was trying to figure out how a scanner could possibly scan the entire mass of an object.

Well, The guy that showed me was selling them. His name was Mark Fashian. He told me portables go 8-12 microns at best and that depends on the metal because some metals resist/deflect the rays more than others.

For context, the quote that Foxwoods Man posted above is from https://sdbullion.com/gold-and-silv...a-metalytics -- the scanner there is not an XRF type; the underlying technology is "electromagnetic waves".

We have been talking about two different kinds of scanners. Most mentions on this board (at least those I've seen) have been about the XRF type. This is the first I've seen on this kind. It's a shame that the link doesn't go into more detail about how this tech works, and it was the first hit for the search terms I just used. I don't have time to research this any further right now -- it may be worth a separate thread.

Not to be pedantic, but x-rays are electromagnetic waves.

Yeah, I know, the "electromagnetic waves" used in that device are probably not x-rays. Not sure what part(s) of the spectrum it uses.

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Hi,

it is not really peeling, it is, I think, because of the tools I used to bend the coin.

At first I tried with only one cutting pliers, but it was too strong.

I needed an other cutting plier to bend 2 times the coin until it "broke"

Before to end cutted in two, The coin was tested with a touchstone. It was fine. My fear was it could be filled with tungsten.

What made me think that was the difference of weight beetwen what I've read on internet and what I have seen on my scale.


I learnt (few days later), from a very friendly gold seller, that The US Mint is known for not-so-exact measures and that my scale might be slightly off-balance too.

@jst1dreamr : this is true, the pictures look good. they were taken with an iphone X. I was impressed by its ability to focus so close to the coin (other than that the phone does not worth its price and the faceID is very bored..)