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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Amanda Varner, post: 1850881, member: 59002&quot;]&quot;From what I have been able to gather about testing coins, acid and X-Rays are really your best bets.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA offers counterfeit detecting classes, and in fact I believe I saw that for the show in Atlanta in February they&#039;re offering a counterfeit detection class that only deals with gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that aside, often just examining the coin visually and throwing it on a scale is enough.&nbsp; In general, counterfeits are cast and not struck and possess entirely different surface characteristics that can be identified fairly quickly if one knows what they&#039;re looking for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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