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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2812836, member: 84179&quot;]I think you may have some things mixed up.&nbsp; You originally said the it was a lab that said it was Nickel, then you said it was a slab company. A test lab IS NOT in the certified coin business, and a Third Party Grading service is not going to do a chemical analysis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Conder is correct.&nbsp; XRF is the most likely non-destructive test and it doesn&#039;t provide much info beyond a depth of a few thousandths of an inch (may be less if the nickel blocks out the x-rays from the material underneath it).&nbsp; A nickel plated coin is always going to show a very high percentage of Nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, no US coins from that time period used a 96+% nickel planchet.&nbsp; It&#039;s obvious that it&#039;s nickel plated, either as a high school chemistry experiment or somebody bored at work.&nbsp; Don&#039;t waste any more of your money by sending it to a TPG.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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