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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 148273, member: 1101&quot;]I am not sure if this coment is aimed at the original poster or those who commented, but a visual inspection by an experienced person can indeed be fairly reliable most of the time.&nbsp; A casual obervation of comparitive color is not scientific, and as some have said, weight would be the true measure.&nbsp; However, when all the CN coins in one set have the same color then a pretty good guess can be made. </p><p><br /></p><p>You could definitly find a CN coin that matched the color of a silver coin exactly, but the condition or state of toning would be different for each, thereby making them the same color.&nbsp; All things being equal, though, silver and CN do not look alike, at least not to me (proof coins might be an exception).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I can tell a circulated silver nickel from a normal one (almost) every time just by color.&nbsp; I believe the same can be said of 90% silver vs. CN.&nbsp; On newly struck coins it would also be harder to tell, but once a coin starts to tone the difference can be more obvious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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