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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24629433, member: 24314&quot;]Joe, you are frustrating me, so <b>this will be my last comment</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <b>in this thread</b>.&nbsp; It is my problem for not studying this thread so I <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> will try to be very clear this time.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> JCro57, posted: I already did that. I scanned a known 1939 with my 1953. Both 79/20 combo.</span></i></b>&nbsp; That&#039;s great. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> When you send the 1953 to NGC, explain that in your letter and also include a genuine 1953 nickel for them to test.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">What I meant is that </span></b></i><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">you said</span></font></b><i><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"> they stopped doing XRF tests because the fakes were just as good. </span></b></i><span style="color: #000000">[Yes, I said that.&nbsp; The &quot;they&quot; was every TPGS I worked at from about 1978 to today.&nbsp; Decades ago, there were no hand-held testers.&nbsp; We had to go to universities or the Mint Lab for this testing and we charged the submitter $150 if they wanted this test.] </span><i><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">So that being the case, you said to send it to NGC for... an XRF test? </span></b></i><span style="color: #000000">[Send it to NGC if you want it slabbed.&nbsp; They have the equipment and will probably want to confirm your findings].</span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">And that brings me back to my question about ICG. Do they not have an XRF machine? </span></i></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font size="4">[<b>No, </b>we receive less than 4 coins a year that would need testing.] </font></span><b><i><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">How would ICG authenticate a 1965 25c on a silver planchet, or a U.S. coin struck on a foreign planchet? </span></i></b><span style="color: #000000">[<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Please post your Social Security number here for my answer. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> We would need to see the coin.&nbsp; If we cannot authenticate it, we send it back with &quot;no decision&quot; and recommend trying another TPGS.] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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