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Counterfeit Silver Bullion Bars - How To Spot A Fake

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Sorry this took me a long time to put out. Hopefully this video will help people spot fake bullion, before buying them.

Here is a link to the full article

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 Posted 09/04/2014  12:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks, Joblll. Would a bigger or stronger magnet make things more evident and/or possibly work through the plastic cases?
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I had a larger magnet that was also fairly strong. I wasn't able to notice any interaction when the bars were still in the hard plastic. My large magnet probably just wasn't strong enough.

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Use an earth metal magnet... the best and cheapest ones I have found to be in the hard drives of old computers... used to help the needles read the hard drive.. there are 1 - 2 really strong magnets in there!!
They are so strong if you put two of them together you need a tool to pry 'em apart!
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I have several hard drive magnets laying around; good idea. I also have a giant magnet from the voice coil of a dead subwoofer in my garage somewhere. I'll give those a shot on my silver stash.
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 Posted 09/04/2014  10:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MeadowviewCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very informative thanks for sharing.

I've not ventured into buying bullion bars because I tend to focus on coins--the fakes coming from China are flooding the marketplace.

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 Posted 09/13/2014  11:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Francium8787 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thanks for sharing!
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