Coins and Metals Discussion

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kcn0
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Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:23 am

jjttdw wrote:
Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:47 pm
kcn0 wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:12 pm
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Thu Feb 25, 2021 11:00 am
Nice. Can it tell you the purity?
It has pre-sets for certain coins, metals, and purity, so you toggle through to the correct one and check to see if the coin/bar is within the appropriate range. Once I started purchasing some highly counterfeited coins, such as $2.5 Indians, I thought it was worth the investment.
I have a $2.5 Indian. I'm assuming the fakes aren't real gold, right?
Unfortunately, I think some fakes are also gold... especially higher grade / rare date stuff. I'm not really a numismatic collector, but I do appreciate the "art" of some coins... hence I'll pick up common date / non-slabbed stuff for closer to melt. If I happen to have one that is gold and also passes my visual/weight tests, but it happens to be fake, I won't lose any sleep over it.

EDIT: I also love some in-and-out, but don't live anywhere near one.
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Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:31 am

Along with the St Gaudens double eagle, the quarter and half eagle Indian gold are my favorite images. Way better than the stuffy old broad image gold pieces from earlier in the 1800s
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