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If you can bend them with your teeth, it is a fake coin.
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How do you tell a counterfeit from real silver dollar?
Not many fake coins are made from real silver or gold. Take it to a jeweler to be tested, most will do this for you.
How do you know when your coins are silver?
You can start by seeing if you can pick them up with a magnet.
What are old coins made of?
Old coins were typically made of various metals like copper, silver, or gold, reflecting the economic standards of their time. These materials lent durability and value to the coins in circulation.
What are coin dollars made of?
The Sacagawea & Presidential series of dollar coins are made from copper, zinc, nickel and manganese. Eisenhower and Susan B. Anthony dollar coins are copper-nickel. The older REAL silver dollars are silver and copper.
How do you know if your quarter is real silver?
If the quarter was minted before 1965 it is 90% silver and 10% copper.
Which British coins are made of real silver?
No British circulating coin has contained any silver since 1946. From 1919/1920 to 1946, all British silver coins contained 50% silver. Prior to 1919/1920, all British silver coins were made from sterling silver or, 92.5% silver.
Are Mexican silver coins real silver?
Yes ,they certaintly are.
Is a counterfeit 1847cc silver dollar real silver?
Not many fake coins are made from real silver or gold. Take it to a jeweler to be tested, most will do this for you.
How do you tell a counterfeit from real silver dollar?
Not many fake coins are made from real silver or gold. Take it to a jeweler to be tested, most will do this for you.
How do you know if silver proof coins are real?
If you bought precious metal Proof coins from the Mint or from a reputable coin dealer and the packaging is intact, they will be made from whatever the packaging says they are made from and, there will probably be a signed "certificate of authenticity" with the coins.
Are silver dollar lighters made with real coins?
If you paid about 40 dollars for then yes they probably used real coins. If you paid 10 for then its probably a fake.
What is used to make silver?
coins jewellery mirrors
Is a 1920 Indian head nickel real silver?
The coins are also called buffalo nickels but none of them were struck in silver.
Who was the first person on the silver dollar coin'?
The first real person on a dollar coin was President Eisenhower in 1971. No silver dollar coins have portraits of real people.
How do you know when your coins are silver?
You can start by seeing if you can pick them up with a magnet.
Why did the us stop using silver to make coins?
i don't know maybe they hate silver. lol
How do you know if its plated or real silver?
How shiny it is. real silver blinds you if you look at it directly. that's why the sun is made of silver.
