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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7896989, member: 112"]You may or may not find this helpful - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dmia.net/gold-tester-reviews/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dmia.net/gold-tester-reviews/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dmia.net/gold-tester-reviews/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would however mention to you that when it comes to the various testers available on the market, it depends on exactly what you're trying to determine or find out about a coin or bar, that determines if, big if, a given tester will even be of any use to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, if all you want to know is the gold content, well yeah, some testers can tell you that. But if you want to know if a coin is a counterfeit or not - there is no tester that tell you that. The only thing that answer that for you is someone, a person, who is qualified to answer - simply put, an expert in those particular coins. The reason I'm saying this is because it is extremely common for a great many counterfeits to be made of gold of the correct fineness and weight. </p><p><br /></p><p>And contrary to what many believe the TPGs don't always qualify as being experts for with some coins they are well known for slabbing and grading counterfeits as being genuine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7896989, member: 112"]You may or may not find this helpful - [URL]https://www.dmia.net/gold-tester-reviews/[/URL] I would however mention to you that when it comes to the various testers available on the market, it depends on exactly what you're trying to determine or find out about a coin or bar, that determines if, big if, a given tester will even be of any use to you. For example, if all you want to know is the gold content, well yeah, some testers can tell you that. But if you want to know if a coin is a counterfeit or not - there is no tester that tell you that. The only thing that answer that for you is someone, a person, who is qualified to answer - simply put, an expert in those particular coins. The reason I'm saying this is because it is extremely common for a great many counterfeits to be made of gold of the correct fineness and weight. And contrary to what many believe the TPGs don't always qualify as being experts for with some coins they are well known for slabbing and grading counterfeits as being genuine.[/QUOTE]
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