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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 24586653, member: 15199&quot;]Specifics on metallic contents, require a XRF &quot;gun&quot; , or similar &quot;device&quot;. THE USE OF DIFFERENT ACID COMPOUNDS THAT WERE ONCE USED WILL DAMAGE THE COIN and can not go deep, so plating is often used by cheaters!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the large coin shops have them. Mine in San Diego area ( 100 miles away) has one and uses it before they make offers on coins and jewelry, etc. of precious metals. If you don&#039;t want to sell it, just analyze it , some fees as $50-200 per coin or object, depending on numbers. A&nbsp; XRF gun average cost is about $25,000, depending on its capability and they leave no change in the coin. I have been in the shop when 3 women came in to see if their &quot;love interest&#039;s jewelry &quot; was really what they had been told.......Guess what!!&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know some of their words before!!. We all had a good laugh as they had suspected it! The owner and his wife were kind and didn&#039;t charge for the tests.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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