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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3363991, member: 92083&quot;]<b>Update...</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Ok, so I picked up that piece at Jack Hunt Gold &amp; Silver in Kenmore NY (the largest wholesale buyer of precious metals in Western NY State), who scanned it on their Fischerscope X-Ray XAN 250 machine after I dropped it off...</p><p><br /></p><p>They scanned it and said it measured at 89% silver. Then they scanned a 1969-D struck Kennedy half, which measured 88% silver. <i>So, how can that be if these are 40% silver? Is their machine broke?</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Apparently, somehow because of the clad layering, and with both layers plus the core containing silver, the machine reads it differently. That&#039;s where I got lost. But their expert assured me it is a 40% silver planchet. However, I trust Fred a bit more who said it is possible it might not be.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, regardless the planchet definitely is silver. It scannned the same percentage as a known 40% half example (the 1969-D Kennedy). The weight is 11.5 on the nose like 40% halves. The diameter is within hundreths of a millimeter. And here is a side-by-side comparison of my planchet, and a proof one that sold on Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine</p><p>[ATTACH=full]892043[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Heritage</p><p>[ATTACH=full]892044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=86437]@Fred Weinberg[/USER]</p><p>Should I send this to PCGS or NGC? I only ask because of the work NGC did with the San Francisco Hoard you had a while ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, my friend.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Joe C.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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