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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;neburg964, post: 32894, member: 2007&quot;]Point 1:&nbsp; They checked beforehand the published weight for both a clad State quarter and a silver State quarter.&nbsp; Both coins are supposed to be 5.6 - 5.7 grams, and my quarter was right there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There was also the possibility that since the Philly mint produces coins for other countries, one of their planchetts might have been used, and it just happened to have the exact weight as a State quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Point 2: They offered to send the coin out for an evaluation for me if I desired.&nbsp; Or, they could perform this test.</p><p><br /></p><p>Point 3:&nbsp; They asked my permission beforehand before performing the &quot;destructive&quot; evaluation, and assured me that it would be almost invisible to the naked eye (which turned out to be true).&nbsp; The abrasion test was done on the reeded edge of the coin, in one spot. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agreed to this test because it would have revealed the truth to us immediately.&nbsp; And, this is a circulated coin; it&#039;s not in perfect condition, so their test really didn&#039;t alter its condition.&nbsp; Had the coin been in a gem brilliant uncirculated state, I would have sent it out for evaluation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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