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<p>[QUOTE="riddlemaster, post: 1210045, member: 21524"]I originally dug this coin up in my backyard in Florida. So I always thought it would be a bit strange to find a fake coin buried 12 inches down in the ground where a real coin like this could possibly have been dropped. But there's a lot about this coin that over time has begun to really ring fake about it. One, I dropped it on the table and it was more thudlike than a silver coin ring. Two, the weight is definitely almost half off, and the diameter seems definitely smaller yet all of the expected writing is there which means it probably wasn't cut down. But most of all, I tested it out on a newer metal detector that I now have... one that can distinguish the type of metal visually... and while it correctly picked up a silver dime as silver...this coin registered as nickel, zinc or bronze. I think that the evidence at this point is compelling. Sigh.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="riddlemaster, post: 1210045, member: 21524"]I originally dug this coin up in my backyard in Florida. So I always thought it would be a bit strange to find a fake coin buried 12 inches down in the ground where a real coin like this could possibly have been dropped. But there's a lot about this coin that over time has begun to really ring fake about it. One, I dropped it on the table and it was more thudlike than a silver coin ring. Two, the weight is definitely almost half off, and the diameter seems definitely smaller yet all of the expected writing is there which means it probably wasn't cut down. But most of all, I tested it out on a newer metal detector that I now have... one that can distinguish the type of metal visually... and while it correctly picked up a silver dime as silver...this coin registered as nickel, zinc or bronze. I think that the evidence at this point is compelling. Sigh.[/QUOTE]
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