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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 26468715, member: 27832"]It's always worth doing a magnet check, but the last few fakes I've checked apparently were silver-plated copper rather than iron/steel. They get "dragged" by a moving magnet about the same as legitimate silver coins, and aren't directly attracted to the magnet. The tell for these was that while they weigh the correct amount, they're about 10% <i>thicker</i> than a legit example, because copper's about 10% less dense than silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 26468715, member: 27832"]It's always worth doing a magnet check, but the last few fakes I've checked apparently were silver-plated copper rather than iron/steel. They get "dragged" by a moving magnet about the same as legitimate silver coins, and aren't directly attracted to the magnet. The tell for these was that while they weigh the correct amount, they're about 10% [I]thicker[/I] than a legit example, because copper's about 10% less dense than silver.[/QUOTE]
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