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cyberdan Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 10/13/2009 3:07 pm I do a lot of garage sale buying and last Saturday I bought some coins, one was a silver eagle 1oz round. When I bought it I did notice it looked chome plated on the back but the front looked like silver and that is why I was buying. I have a pile of silver eagles and looked real close for obvious counterfit marks. It looked perfect and they only wanted $8 so I got it. I got home and it weighed 31.6 grams (a half gram over) and tested it with my electronic gold/silver tester and it did not test silver. Also because of the plating I tried to file the edge and it did not "feel" like silver as I ran my file over it. But, every detail looked genuine even down to the reeded edge. I have spotted counterfit Morgans at swap meets just by feel. The reeded edge felt ragged. Any one have simular experiences with silver eagles? Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 10/13/2009 3:24 pm The only practical metal that could approximate the density of silver would be lead(11.342g/cm3 vs 10.501g/cm3 for Ag) and it should be fairly easy to figure out if it is made of lead. Silver rings, lead thuds Edited by biokemist6 10/13/2009 3:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Gforce Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 10/13/2009 4:15 pm The 8 dollars would have been my first clue. Report this Post to the Staff
cyberdan Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 10/13/2009 4:19 pm Definately not lead I know what lead feelS like with a file also. Recently I bought a fairly heavy silver bracelet with cabachon stones in every link. Under every stone was a blob of lead. I will try the thud test tonight. The file "feel" on the eagle felt pretty hard, silver is soft, lead is like butter. It was at yard sale is why I only paid $8. Sellers have no idea what they have or what they are worth. I have also seen the same thing for $25, in that case I let me feet say no thanks. Edited by cyberdan 10/13/2009 5:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff
copper nickel daddy Pillar of the Community United States 2224 Posts	Posted 10/13/2009 10:00 pm Can you post a photo or two of it? Report this Post to the Staff
nod2003 Pillar of the Community United States 3294 Posts	Posted 10/14/2009 08:52 am Palladium would have similar properties to what you describe, but it seems unlikely that someone would make a fake out of metal that is 10x more expensive. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 10/14/2009 10:48 am Quote: Palladium would have similar properties That is why I said "practical metal" Palladium is not practical at $300/oz. No one is going to be making counterfeit coins out of bismuth or molybdenum either. Everything else with a density close to silver is either highly toxic or radioactive Report this Post to the Staff
3stooges Pillar of the Community United States 511 Posts	Posted 10/16/2009 12:19 pm Sounds like another Red Chinese import. Report this Post to the Staff
unnkown95 Valued Member United States 297 Posts	Posted 10/31/2009 3:59 pm post a picture ple ASE Report this Post to the Staff
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