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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1189987, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Not all fakes are magnetic</b></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a large amount of fakes being dumped in the USA.&nbsp; They are mostly made in China &amp; Thailand where it is not necessarily against the local law to make the coins of a foreign country.&nbsp; These fakes range from copies of very rare pieces &amp; large cents to copies of common date (junk silver) coins.&nbsp; There is typically little or no silver in the fake silver-colored coins.&nbsp; Not all fakes are magnetic.&nbsp; The magnet test is just one tool we can use to weed-out the fakes.&nbsp; By making accurate weight &amp; dimensional measurements, you may be able to weed-out some fakes.&nbsp; If you do a search for counterfeit detection here at CT, then you will probably find several good threads.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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