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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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smokeriderdon, I think you are overestimating the number of steel fakes, there are plenty floating around in non-ferrous white metal compositions and would not be attracted to a magnet. Obviously, weighing is one of the best diagnostics as full silver weight counterfeits are rarely encountered(the do certainly exist though, especially for high-end coins). Magnets do have their place though, waving a strong rare earth magnetic over a pile of potentially fake silver coins(or random defunct world coins) is a sight to see. The tissue test has high accuracy for coins with a high silver composition and are not heavily toned but the best part is that no scale is needed. However, all coins that pass the tissue test still need to be weighed to rule out silver plating over base metal. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for all the help guys. I'm still awaiting for the arrival of my hundredths gram scale in the mail and that should resolve this problem.
As for the magnet test, I'll do it if there's still doubt. But since these are pretty heavy, I don't think steel was used.
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Valued Member
United States
257 Posts |
Scale came in!
too bad I'm stuck at work! I'll let you know the prognosis when I get home later!
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Valued Member
United States
257 Posts |
Peace Dollars:
26.66
26.61
26.70
Morgans:
26.66
26.75
26.7
26.65
26.79
26.65
26.66
26.75
26.72
26.71
26.67
26.76
26.78
26.69
26.72
26.74
26.78
All numbers are in grams.
Seem close enough but anyone with Morgan experience can reassure me one way or the other?
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Moderator
 United States
14463 Posts |
I am no coin expert, but I like those numbers. If you allow for some being worn and some being not 100% clean (BTW don't clean them), those look good to me.
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Valued Member
United States
257 Posts |
Yep, I'm inclined to say they're real as well. I was just thrown off by the "shininess" of the coins when they came in compared to the pics.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1080 Posts |
as for thickness, like people have said, there is some variance. I sold several dozen BU Morgans to a dealer once, and he stacked them in stacks of 10 on the glass counter as he inspected them. We noticed that once of the stacks was almost half a coin shorter than the others. It made him inspect everything again, but they came out legit.
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New Member
United States
43 Posts |
Both the tissue and the magnet test are excellent suggestions to weed out he vast majority of fakes. If you could please post a few close up pics of the coins in question. I'd be a little surprised if someone went to the trouble of creating fakes for 1921's since these are so common and are not highly priced but I guess you never know.
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