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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1012526, member: 66"]I never saw a fake (other than a copper plated 1943 steel cent) that was magnetic until about three or four years ago. And for the most part the Chinese counterfeiters got away from the magnetic alloy within just a year or two. So the magnetic fakes are just a minority of the fakes but everyone keeps recommending that as a test.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Even back when they didn't have a written guarantee of authenticity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1012526, member: 66"]I never saw a fake (other than a copper plated 1943 steel cent) that was magnetic until about three or four years ago. And for the most part the Chinese counterfeiters got away from the magnetic alloy within just a year or two. So the magnetic fakes are just a minority of the fakes but everyone keeps recommending that as a test. Even back when they didn't have a written guarantee of authenticity.[/QUOTE]
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