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If the planchet is silver clad, you will be able to see the different layers on the edge (the core will be darker in color), while a 90% coin will have the same composition throughout.
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Well I tried the tissue test. I did not have a silver dollar, so I used a shiny silver thaler (hope it works the same. The coin to the right is the thaler, an Ike dollar in the middle and the planchet tpo the left. I included a rim photo. looks to be the same as the flat surface to my eyes.  
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Looks like the real deal but have you tried a magnet on it yet ?
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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No magnetic attraction. What does that mean?
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Means it's not a hunk of iron, that's good. One of the first things we do to detect counterfeits.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Learning a lot on one planchet!
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Edge doesn't look clad to me.
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Me neither. I would be leaning toward a silver dollar, except for the weight.
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Could it be planchet from another country? Canadian Silver dollar pretty close 23.xx grams
Edited by oober 10/09/2015 12:48 pm
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That's a good point, oober. OP, did the person you inherited I from ever live or spend time in another country? Lots of countries have produced large silver coins like this.
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