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<p>[QUOTE="TheFinn, post: 3124217, member: 90102"]The Sigma Metalytics tester is not perfect. Try putting a copper round on it and watch it call if .999 fine silver.</p><p>You need to learn what things look like. Slabs can prevent you from seeing the thickness, which is one way that counterfeits are dealt to the unsuspecting. The coin will weigh right, but will be thicker. This especially happens with bars, which are something I don't like to buy unless it is in a deal. Then I buy them at a discount.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheFinn, post: 3124217, member: 90102"]The Sigma Metalytics tester is not perfect. Try putting a copper round on it and watch it call if .999 fine silver. You need to learn what things look like. Slabs can prevent you from seeing the thickness, which is one way that counterfeits are dealt to the unsuspecting. The coin will weigh right, but will be thicker. This especially happens with bars, which are something I don't like to buy unless it is in a deal. Then I buy them at a discount.[/QUOTE]
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