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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AngelKitty, post: 1466017, member: 37889&quot;]What about a sound test? Silver has a very distinct ring to it that a fake isn&#039;t going to have - assuming you have a silver eagle you know is real, compare the sound your known genuine coin had to the new one by flicking it up in the air and listening to the sound it makes. If they sound the same, they&#039;re real - if the new one has a different sound, one&#039;s a fake. And if you&#039;re worried about damage, since it&#039;s just your fingernail striking it, there shouldn&#039;t be any (noticeable?) damage to the coin if you do the test over a soft surface like a bed. Unless you&#039;re buying proofs or MS70 coins, it shouldn&#039;t be a problem. I&#039;ve used this test myself, on BU coins, and I haven&#039;t noticed any damage to the coins (though I may just be lucky, please correct me if I&#039;m wrong about the damage it can cause).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if this works for gold, as I don&#039;t buy gold eagles, but I know it works for silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: And if I&#039;d had read your post more thoroughly I&#039;d have seen you already did a sound test. Though hitting them with other coins sound a bit more damaging than a fingernail, so...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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