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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 610313, member: 15445&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">You have weighed the coin &amp; inspected / compared the details to a known genuine coin.&nbsp; Here is a photo of a genuine 1921 courtesy of coinfacts:</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/peace_dollars/peace_dollars.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/peace_dollars/peace_dollars.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #22229c">http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/peace_dollars/peace_dollars.html</span></a></font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">So far, you have accumulated a few good indications that you have a genuine coin.&nbsp; Here are a couple more tests for you to consider:</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">#1</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Just take a look at the coin with your bare eye and next to other circulated Peace dollars.&nbsp; Does it look funny or does it belong to the group?&nbsp; (Don&#039;t worry about the weakness of strike at the center because that is normal for the high relief 1921).</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">#2</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Holding the coin on your finger-tip (over a soft surface in case you drop it) and tap it on the edge with a pencil.&nbsp; Listen to the ring.&nbsp; Compare this sound to the ring from some other Peace dollars.&nbsp; They should all sound like struck 900 silver with some stress in the metal.&nbsp; (Struck coins have stress &amp; ring where cast coins are often made of different materials with neutral stress and produce a more dull sound).&nbsp; If they all ring about the same, then you have another indication that you have a genuine coin.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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