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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3096994, member: 27832&quot;]Well-spotted. That&#039;s another classic sign of a contemporary fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin passes the weight and magnet-slide tests, it could still be struck in copper and silver-plated. Copper&#039;s electrical characteristics are close enough to silver that the magnet test won&#039;t distinguish them. It would need to be about 10% thicker than a silver coin (copper isn&#039;t quite as dense as silver), and that small difference is hard to catch.</p><p><br /></p><p>I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/correct-weight-non-magnetic-fake-as-can-be.316854/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/correct-weight-non-magnetic-fake-as-can-be.316854/">posted a thread here</a> about a pair of coins I recently bought on eBay with a similar story -- close to silver melt price, correct weight and magnetic characteristics, but still showing clear signs of being fake. In my case, the coins didn&#039;t match the auction photos, and they did turn out to be slightly thicker than genuine examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a <i>lot</i> of fakes on eBay right now, and it seems like they&#039;re especially common among classic commemoratives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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