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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ExoMan, post: 4968578, member: 72588&quot;]I have some questions to pose to Conder specialists and thought I&#039;d perhaps get enlightened about a piece that&#039;s long been in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some years ago, I submitted the piece below to SEGS. Larry Briggs conducted three specific gravity tests and determined it was silver. It&#039;s well worn and may have been an abolitionist&#039;s pocket piece. Larry graded it F-12.[ATTACH=full]1194212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1194213[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year, I took this slabbed coin to a show, that its metal content could be precisely analyzed by electronic testing. The result was 80% SILVER and 16% COPPER.</p><p><br /></p><p>This year, I sent it to <a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=NGC&amp;_sacat=11116&amp;_ipg=200" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=NGC&amp;_sacat=11116&amp;_ipg=200" rel="nofollow">NGC</a>. I noted the testing result and suggested they might confirm same. They returned it, SEGS holder intact, saying it was plated!?</p><p><br /></p><p>Initially, I&#039;m wondering about silver Conder tokens in general. I&#039;d just as soon avoid discussing <a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=NGC&amp;_sacat=11116&amp;_ipg=200" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=NGC&amp;_sacat=11116&amp;_ipg=200" rel="nofollow">NGC</a>&#039;s shoddy snafu until later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see that there are a few silver-plated Conders on eBay and elsewhere. Nowhere do I see the percentages of their metal content given. I think it&#039;s beyond reason to call an 80% silver tokens plated. It occurs to me that Canadian silver coins measure 80%, mixed with other metals as hardeners. Regardless, can anyone point me to a source that discusses silver Conders? BTW, I recently learned that a similar silver slave token exists, a different DH variety, for which the percentage of metal content is unknown.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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