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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24628080, member: 24314&quot;]LOL, I&#039;m not surprised that you are shocked.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Lots of folks posting on coin forums still use a magnet to detect fakes. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is, <b><i><u><font size="5"><span style="color: #ff0000">over forty years ago</span></font></u></i></b> (when you were possibly a YN) the top authenticators in the country stopped using specific gravity testing and x-ray defraction tests for coin authentication.&nbsp; Back then, we found that any ACTUALLY deceptive counterfeit was of equal quality in virtually all scientific based comparisons to a genuin coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO, the major use for this type of testing is to determine the correct Judd # of genuine Pattern coins and the particular mine the silver used to strike genuine 8 Reals came from.&nbsp; Otherwise, they belong in pawn shops. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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