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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cj415, post: 5362269, member: 30598&quot;]Thanks for the help and education. So interesting. I had no ida zinc has a lower melting point than copper, but it makes perfect sense that not all metals melt the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also had no idea that the fakers were already taking existing lower-value coins and melting and striking them into higher-value ones. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a low-level hobbyist collector, and every now and then, I do buy raw coins, which sounds like that&#039;s a bigger and bigger gamble as time goes on and fake get better. Ugh. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did read on another thread on this forum that fakes that get past the TPGs can even have a high value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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