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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BadThad, post: 2345743, member: 17261&quot;]The problem with using scientific method is that it is very expensive. I have a $250,000+ SEM-EDXRF in my lab but it&#039;s fairly time consuming to analyze a sample. I can easily spend an hour+ dinking around with a single sample. Not to mention, I&#039;m putting wear and tear on my instrument each time I fire it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I&#039;m not willing to sit down and analyze a bunch of coins. If I was doing it under a contract basis, I&#039;d easily charge $1500-2000 per sample analysis. I&#039;d love to better characterize a lot of different coin phenomena but it&#039;s just too time and cost prohibitive..... and I think most any other scientist with access to such instrumentation wouldn&#039;t be willing either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if PCGS or other coin-based business wants to hire me (and I&#039;m not cheap), buy the proper equipment and put me on the project, I&#039;d be all over it!&nbsp; ....but they better have a serious &quot;war chest&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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