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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DoK U Mint, post: 722513, member: 18848&quot;]<b>I think they&#039;re back!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.</p><p>A friend brought this to me to &quot;identify&quot;. I told him it was a &quot;Trade Dollar&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I pointed out is said so on the rev.</p><p><br /></p><p>Showed him a book, waved my magnet (non-magnetic), weighed it (ooops! Just shy of 26 Grams.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Declared it to be a wanna be despite not having it stamped COPY.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I really put my foot into it by asking how he got it. Things went downhill from there as I assume he wanted me to buy it or something.</p><p><br /></p><p>He thought 10c was a little low.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I told him I&#039;ld get him a second opinion. That would be you folks. </p><p><br /></p><p>What is the best home brew noninvasive way to determine silver content?</p><p><br /></p><p>He left it with me with instructions &quot;Not to Hurt it&quot;, but I flipped it once just to listen to it&#039;s dull ringing vibrations. Not silver I declared, though it didn&#039;t sound all that bad. </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to be a little thicker than my Morgans. Added thickness is just a normal way to add weight with nonferris metal, right? Plus I don&#039;t have any info on thickness of Trade Dollars. I assumed they are the same as Morgans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please tear this fake apart or I have to apologize for throwing his precious coin into the air.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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