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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 603855, member: 66&quot;]I take several of these tests with a grain of salt because as a general rule most pieces where they are making the fakes from base metal are usually lower quality fakes that can be recognized fairly easily.&nbsp; The real danger comes from the good or high quality fakes and with greater and grater frequency they are being made out of the correct alloy and often the correct weight as well.&nbsp; Eventually the counterfeiters realize that they are being penny wise and pound foolish.&nbsp; By including a few dollars worth of precious metal in the coins they can uncome a lot of suspicions and sell MANY more fakes at hundreds of dollars each or more.&nbsp; The base metal fakes look suspicious making sales more difficult and price received per coin lower.&nbsp; But if the coin LOOKS good they can sell many more and at higher prices.&nbsp; The way to do that is to use the correct alloy. (The mid east counterfeiters learned that in the 50&#039;s and 60&#039;s with the gold coins.&nbsp; With the weight and color right they were able to more a lot more product and took longer before the fakes were noticed.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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