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<p>[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 24586363, member: 93371"]A friend sent me the following images and note:</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm a part time dealer in New England and a while back we picked up an 1877-S trade dollar from another dealer. Nothing seemed too out of sort with it, until yesterday. We were at a show and a friend of ours showed us a new metal analysis tester he picked up. We put several genuine silver dollars on it to see how it worked, as well as a known counterfeit. Then we put the trade dollar I mentioned on it and it came back as not 90% silver. Everything else checks out - magnet test, weight, diameter, design, etc"...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561216[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561217[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>With different color filter:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561218[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561219[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561220[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, Jack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 24586363, member: 93371"]A friend sent me the following images and note: "I'm a part time dealer in New England and a while back we picked up an 1877-S trade dollar from another dealer. Nothing seemed too out of sort with it, until yesterday. We were at a show and a friend of ours showed us a new metal analysis tester he picked up. We put several genuine silver dollars on it to see how it worked, as well as a known counterfeit. Then we put the trade dollar I mentioned on it and it came back as not 90% silver. Everything else checks out - magnet test, weight, diameter, design, etc"... [ATTACH=full]1561216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1561217[/ATTACH] With different color filter: [ATTACH=full]1561218[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1561219[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1561220[/ATTACH] Thanks, Jack.[/QUOTE]
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