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<p>[QUOTE="dad5, post: 744132, member: 21721"]One more thought. I bot a variety of fakes from ebay. "copy" </p><p>I used a digital scale I calibrate often, weight is published, then vernier measure them, then I use a microscope on 10 times. These things look like the moons' surface! BTW, you can get them .900 fine silver, so the metal test will not be wrong, and the weight will be within tolerances. You can even get them slabbed from China. </p><p><br /></p><p> Always ignore the case! Have a real one to compare it to. I had a silver dollar from there it took me a month to decide on. It was real good fake! It is a likely felony to knowingly pass a fake one or without "copy" on it prominently. </p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer in Canada would not believe a 1921 Canadian 50 cent valued $60,000.00 was fake till I turned it over. the die was off by 40% rotation. I also saw a coin </p><p>with LIBBERTY on it. nice..</p><p><br /></p><p>Dennis[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dad5, post: 744132, member: 21721"]One more thought. I bot a variety of fakes from ebay. "copy" I used a digital scale I calibrate often, weight is published, then vernier measure them, then I use a microscope on 10 times. These things look like the moons' surface! BTW, you can get them .900 fine silver, so the metal test will not be wrong, and the weight will be within tolerances. You can even get them slabbed from China. Always ignore the case! Have a real one to compare it to. I had a silver dollar from there it took me a month to decide on. It was real good fake! It is a likely felony to knowingly pass a fake one or without "copy" on it prominently. A dealer in Canada would not believe a 1921 Canadian 50 cent valued $60,000.00 was fake till I turned it over. the die was off by 40% rotation. I also saw a coin with LIBBERTY on it. nice.. Dennis[/QUOTE]
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