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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7477632, member: 115909&quot;]You wouldn&#039;t just drip acid on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;d just make a small scratch on the edges with a touchstone and then put the acid on the tiny amount of dust that comes off.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to do that once when I was buying a $5 gold piece because the color of the gold didn&#039;t look right. I scratched a teeny tiny bit off the edge and tested it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind it&#039;s probably not a very valuable coin if it was bought for 15 cents in a junk bin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like if someone brought in a sketchy looking 1921 Morgan Dollar in XF condition I would have no problem putting it to the acid test since it wouldn&#039;t affect the value of the coin at all really.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would I do it to an 1893 S Morgan Dollar? Of course not.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looked like silver to me on first glance but yeah it&#039;s probably copper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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