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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2417536, member: 24314&quot;]BTW, several professionals have told me that the ONLY reason they kept a magnet on their desk (up until a few years ago) was to test 1943 copper cents. </p><p><br /></p><p>Magnets became &quot;fashionable&quot; when the average collector realized that many recent fakes were attracted to one.&nbsp; IMO, ANY counterfeit I have seen that was attracted to a magnet was in a dealer&#039;s junk box because the design, weight, texture, color, etc. was a dead giveaway that the piece was junk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The uninformed are not on CT anyway. IMO, the folks buying these 1893-S and 1804 dollars are not numismatists and most couldn&#039;t tell a piece of silver foil wrapped chocolate from an actual coin BUT PLEASE, no more talk about magnets for coin authentication on CT. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> You guys have demonstrated that you are better than that! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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