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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 3078, member: 283&quot;]Kurt,</p><p><br /></p><p>Platinum doesn&#039;t tarnish. ...at least not `black&#039;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds like you have a silver core. It is fairly readily found, and the only reason i know as much as i know about it is that about twelve years ago I came across one in a tin of coins at auction. It was `gold&#039; (plated...although I didn&#039;t know that at the time) and i thought that I had literally struck gold! </p><p><br /></p><p>When i got the tin of coins home, under a magnifying glass i could see silvery metal showing through. :-(&nbsp; It took me three years of asking around before I found out what it was that I had.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since then I see people who are possibly following in my very footsteps asking about this `coin&#039; a few times a year.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a VERY good silver replica of the ducat which is /was intended to deceive. One of the&nbsp; most convincing counterfeit coins I have ever come across. </p><p><br /></p><p>I see that your questions re `weight&#039; have already been answered, so hope all that helps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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