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Message:: [QUOTE="Ed23, post: 2078181, member: 32117"]I recently saw, at a large coin show, 2 silver dollars of the same year and mint; one graded by PC*$ and the other by NC* (AKA the "top 2"). As the dealer pointed out they both had identical flaws in the exact same places. Without the two to compare side-by-side one would see them as genuine without a doubt; but considering the mathematical impossibility of two coins having dings and light surface scuffs in the exact spot one has to come to the conclusion that they are fakes; or at least one is. So NO! I do not trust slabs and NO! I would NOT suggest buying the "top two" just because they are the most well known grading companies. As for testing, there is a simple test that does not damage a coin and that is lightly dropping it on a hard wooden surface from about an inch above it. If it "rings" it is silver; it it goes "thud" it's not. It is like testing crystal vs glass; thump it, one rings and the other clinks. Never use acids or abrasive means to test any coin.[/QUOTE]