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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silvr1, post: 1172212, member: 30838&quot;]Hi</p><p><br /></p><p>I;m 19 years old and I started collecting silver coins at the beginning of this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never expected that the market is actually based only on &quot;seller reputation&quot;</p><p>and most people I talk to, or I buy from, they always say</p><p>&quot;there is no way that someone will guarantee that this coin is original or real,</p><p>all are empty promises backed by nothing else than just wanting your money&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought so far 39 silver coins, half of them from ebay and half of them from numismatic</p><p>shops in Europe, which also don&#039;t guarantee anything written, but you just get</p><p>their promise that &quot;as far as their knowledge, they seem original&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course that some of them do not have the&nbsp; weight from the catalogue,</p><p>because the numismat shop sellers said: well many coins do not have the weight</p><p>from the catalog, but of course they are original because we say so.</p><p><br /></p><p>I DO NOT KNOW WHO TO TRUST OR WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel I was throwing a lot of money on coins that in 10 years from now,</p><p>probably I will not be able to resell because maybe they are fake...</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I bought my newest coin, a 1890 silver dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was very enthusiastic about it, until I found</p><p>out that it is very faked coin usually. And I realized that I have no clue</p><p>what are the top methods to surely spot the fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel blind... and I need your help guys.</p><p><br /></p><p>What should I do?</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there easy ways to test if a coin is really original and made of silver,</p><p>without destroying the coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Who can help me?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you very much,</p><p>I count on your help</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours</p><p>Adeline[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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