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<p>[QUOTE="LostDutchman, post: 699782, member: 16994"]One of my large silver buying friends told me he physically handled and really got to inspect some counterfiet stamped 5oz and 10oz silver bars. He said they were stamped and looked really nice...even proof like surfaces... but their weights were off. They turned blue on a wet stone with nitric but he said that it looked like it wasn't high grade silver. One of the bars is off being melt assayed to see it's real content. I have seen them drilled out and replated and so has he and he said that this was not the case here... they were fake all the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was told they were J & M's.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm hoping to get to be able to inspect and photograph these bars sometime in the future. I just wanted to let folks know that it appears that the Chinese aren't only counterfeiting coins. Be on the lookout and you might want to get a scale and start weighing your bars. </p><p><br /></p><p>Matt[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LostDutchman, post: 699782, member: 16994"]One of my large silver buying friends told me he physically handled and really got to inspect some counterfiet stamped 5oz and 10oz silver bars. He said they were stamped and looked really nice...even proof like surfaces... but their weights were off. They turned blue on a wet stone with nitric but he said that it looked like it wasn't high grade silver. One of the bars is off being melt assayed to see it's real content. I have seen them drilled out and replated and so has he and he said that this was not the case here... they were fake all the way. I was told they were J & M's. I'm hoping to get to be able to inspect and photograph these bars sometime in the future. I just wanted to let folks know that it appears that the Chinese aren't only counterfeiting coins. Be on the lookout and you might want to get a scale and start weighing your bars. Matt[/QUOTE]
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