Testing Silver Coins

[toothandtail]

Hello,

I've tried to use the search with various terms but have come up short...

I'm basically wondering how to test the few coins I have are genuine, being a newbie I guess I'm extra suspicious/low on confidence.

The published weights seem to vary from what I make them and the size on another is different, however, I'm using some cheap scales and a shatterproof ruler to compare!

Is there a online service, high street company or forum member near WF10 that I might be able to take my coins and have them confirmed? Perhaps there's also the possibility of buying some device to check them. I 'googled' and found a liquid solution that you put on them but I read that it tarnishes the coin, so that's not ideal.

Also I expect that there is already a post on here that answers my question and I'd be more than happy to re-read an old post rather than clutter up the forum with another thread if some kind soul could point me towards it.

- many thanks!

 

[BackyardBullion]

@toothandtail

This might help 🙂

 

 

[toothandtail]

8 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

@toothandtail

This might help 🙂

 

Absolutely Perfect! Thanks.

[verorl]

When in doubt I have taken mine to my local buy gold place. They have an x-ray tester and can tell me metal content without making marks in my pieces.