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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1409753, member: 26302"]I guess I missed the part about you doing other non-destructive tests first.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would suggest looking at the thread started a week or so ago about fake bullion, and see how far into the fake maple leaf they needed to drill. It was pretty scary how good of a fake it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, again, so you know how much value you are destroying by scratching up any bullion coin, right? Even maple leafs, ASE, etc go from market plus purchase price to 90% of the market max by putting scratches in them. Scratched up bullion with acid tests done on them are worth by definition the minimum price, since so many people like collecting them as well. Even junk silver will get discounted for such things. I used to buy a lot of junk silver, and my price was 3x for standard, 3.5x for dollars, but only 2.4x for scratched, bent, or other defective pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just mentioning it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Myself, I just prefer to buy from a trusted dealer, and keep my silver scratch free.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1409753, member: 26302"]I guess I missed the part about you doing other non-destructive tests first. I would suggest looking at the thread started a week or so ago about fake bullion, and see how far into the fake maple leaf they needed to drill. It was pretty scary how good of a fake it was. Btw, again, so you know how much value you are destroying by scratching up any bullion coin, right? Even maple leafs, ASE, etc go from market plus purchase price to 90% of the market max by putting scratches in them. Scratched up bullion with acid tests done on them are worth by definition the minimum price, since so many people like collecting them as well. Even junk silver will get discounted for such things. I used to buy a lot of junk silver, and my price was 3x for standard, 3.5x for dollars, but only 2.4x for scratched, bent, or other defective pieces. Just mentioning it. :) Myself, I just prefer to buy from a trusted dealer, and keep my silver scratch free.[/QUOTE]
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