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spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 11/30/2016 02:19 am Just a random thought but ever since I found a silver quarter working a cash register I've been interested in the sound of coins. Lately, I've found many that I thought sounded different but turned out to be worthless copper-nickel coins (no numismatic value, much less spot). Today I had the realization that I've dealt with this before studying percussion performance. When I finally decided to cough up over $100 on a professional tambourine, I was presented with a selection of metals for the jingles. I chose a Black Swamp product that offered mixtures of nickel, silver, chromium, bronze, copper, etc. I can't remember which I selected but it was an interesting thought about identifying metals by sound in coins of you are acclimated to tambourine.... * Edited by Staff - Please review the rules that you agreed to when you registered. * In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff

BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4593 Posts	Posted 11/30/2016 09:27 am The problem with sound is that it risks damaging the coin - the surfaces are more fragile than you would expect. However, for quick sorting heavily circulated coins to find the 1 in 100,000 silver vs. the clads, sure... -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 11/30/2016 10:56 pm Good point, I didn't think that one through enough. I'm fairly familiar with US coins, it's just been tricky wading through a lot of old foreign coins. It's really surprising what kinds of metal they used even for high denomination coins a century or more ago. I have found some useful online resources that have helped A LOT, especially in dating japanese coins. I know that research is key and, boy, do I have a long way to go. No more dropping coins on the counter. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 12/01/2016 10:51 am its actually interesting, being in Canada we have 3 different % of silver in our coins, 50%, 80% and 92.5%, along with the USA of 90%, when I find these roll hunting, I can actually tell the difference by sound. Report this Post to the Staff
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