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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3780591, member: 78244&quot;]They are very large and impressive coins, which makes them very popular. Their values have risen tenfold in the past 15 years, though they stabilized about 5 years ago. The lot of 6 knives mentioned above sold for a little under $200,000</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Light taps are all that is needed. They won’t break the coin. The ones that are the most fragile would be obviously genuine on patina alone.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It isn’t standard until the value of the piece warrants it (like this one). Even then, usually that is only reserved for museums. All the XRF will tell you is if the metallic composition is consistent with genuine coins or not, so I would place a lot more evidence on the style and patina. The resonance is a step further if you are not 100% sure from the other two aspects.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All I know is that the XRF analysis was done. I was not there, so I don’t know how. I know at my school our equipment is capable of analyzing large samples, so I can answer your question when I have the XRF analysis done.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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