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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;General_Luster, post: 1208805, member: 31616&quot;]<b>Official verdict</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I took the coin to a coin dealer.&nbsp;&nbsp; They said it&#039;s fake.&nbsp; It&#039;s about 3 grams too light.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other coin, 1878-CC, was 4 grams too light.&nbsp; Turns out there was another dealer just down the block, so just to be safe, I took it there.&nbsp;&nbsp; He also said fake.&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides weighing the coins, he showed me a &quot;ping&quot; test where you balance the coin on your knuckle and gently strike it with another coin.&nbsp; It makes a ringing sound, which you can then compare with the sound a known authentic coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; The authentic one makes a deeper and longer lasting ring.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s amazing you were all able to see this from the photos.&nbsp;&nbsp; I notified the kid who sold them to me and I opened a case on PayPal.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unless he&#039;s putting on an act, he now thinks I&#039;m scamming him.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it possible he&#039;s telling the truth about getting the coins from his grandfather who bought them many years ago from a coin shop?&nbsp;&nbsp; That would mean that these were counterfeited long ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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