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ilikeikes Pillar of the Community United States 1205 Posts	Posted 03/19/2016 01:18 am after reading about the fake Pamp Suisse 1 Oz gold bars hitting the Florida Fun Show, and written up on Coin World recently, I rushed to my safe to check my stash of bars...since these were bought a few years back from MCM and JM Bullion, they seemed safe, and, 99.99% convinced they are fine..BUT...I'm willing to send them into a grader that slabs bars, IF there is someone that does this. It's cheaper than buying the metal wave detector and bullion wand at 800+, although, I may buy one of those to bring to shows to check possible purchases. Sad, but, things are getting rough in the world of forgery bullion, one must do wahtever it takes to protect cash out. The fakes are so close to real bars now, it's scary. Read the Coin World article, if this is news to you! Let me know if anyone slabs bars(I would think THEY do the proper testing also, before putting in a slab) Calvin Report this Post to the Staff

BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4593 Posts	Posted 03/19/2016 2:38 pm Bullion coins, but nobody that I know of does bars. Adding $10 or $20 make it expensive for bullion. -----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
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 03/19/2016 3:23 pm Burton, I've seen bars in PCGS wtc recovery slabs. Though I'm sure that may have only been a one time thing only for the wtc recovery ? Report this Post to the Staff
BadToTheBone Pillar of the Community United States 1795 Posts	Posted 03/19/2016 7:11 pm Buy a silver test kit if you have doubts. Thats the only solution for doubt and want to know for sure!; are cheap enough! Report this Post to the Staff
ilikeikes Pillar of the Community United States 1205 Posts	Posted 03/19/2016 7:34 pm The problem is, I don't want to take the gold bars out of the sealed packets..I'm going to call my local coin shop, and, ask them how they test these, when people bring them in for resale...basically, it will behoove me to learn all the trade tests used for such..I know it's not complicated, just need to get the proper kits, and practice...again, the sealed bars must stay sealed, so, a sigma analyzer may be in the works. Report this Post to the Staff
wischeese Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted 03/19/2016 11:44 pm Buy something like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Sigma-M...6?rmvSB=true There are videos on youtube showing how they work Report this Post to the Staff
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