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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

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2. Coin dealer I work with showed me a trick.

Mon Feb 13, 2017, 03:47 PM

Feb 2017

You can find out if a coin is made of silver by dropping it on a cement or tile floor. Silver coins have a ring to them. Other metals just go clunk.

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Coins from years of travel [View all] blueseas Feb 2017 OP

Try Ebay. tenorly Feb 2017 #1

I appreciate your kind words blueseas Feb 2017 #4

Coin dealer I work with showed me a trick. safeinOhio Feb 2017 #2

Thank you blueseas Feb 2017 #6

I don't think I want to try that and ruin a good thing - lol blueseas Feb 2017 #5

Tell me where blueseas Feb 2017 #8

Contact the Littleton Coin Company. Vinca Feb 2017 #9

Thank you- I am still going through the collection. blueseas Feb 2017 #10

I am really late in this thread duncang Apr 2017 #11

Thanks - all good ideas blueseas Apr 2017 #12