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marcusm16a4 Valued Member United States 169 Posts	Posted 03/20/2013 9:52 pm Can you distinguish a fake coin by the ammount that it ways? Report this Post to the Staff

doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 03/20/2013 9:54 pm Some can be distinguished by the amount that they weigh. Some cannot. Report this Post to the Staff
SteveCaruso Pillar of the Community United States 1796 Posts	Posted 03/20/2013 9:57 pm Weight is an easy way to tell for cheaper counterfeits; however, most of the more sophisticated ones are within proper Weight Tolerance so where weight can disqualify a bogus coin right away, it isn't good enough of a criteria on its own. I've written a good tutorial on that over on The Black Cabinet. It's mostly for silver coins: http://fakes.numismetrica.com/ident...ounterfeits/ Beyond that your best bet is to familiarize yourself with how genuine coins look and feel and practice, practice, practice. :-) Report this Post to the Staff
FinanceGuru Valued Member United States 337 Posts	Posted 03/21/2013 08:13 am As I'm starting to collect more coins not from the main, this is really useful information. Too bad we couldn't have a bunch of experienced folks standing by to look at pictures that we upload when we go to coin shows to check for counterfeits. :-) Report this Post to the Staff
marcusm16a4 Valued Member United States 169 Posts	Posted 03/21/2013 7:53 pm So true financeguru :-) Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 03/23/2013 6:04 pm Absolutely, yes (but not always) one of the most accurate tests in detecting counterfeit coins is a specific gravity test. a bit different than just using a digital postage scale. If you are interested in the theory and math behind Specific Gravity see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_gravity And a decent video of testing fake gold coins (or at least part of one) uebkSwsmkyg You can do a specific gravity test using a digital postage scale easily enough, and all numismatists should learn how to do this, heck anyone that took chemistry in high school should know this. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
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