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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 4181084, member: 106"]Well, still don't know much more now than I did after receiving the help from this forum last night. </p><p><br /></p><p>Took it to the local place with "rare coin dealer" in their name and when I asked the guy behind the counter if he would weigh the coin because I didn't have proper scale to do that. He said "sure" and when I handed it to him, he literally dropped it from a height of about 8 inches <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> onto the pan of one of his scales and told me that it was 4.1g. I mentioned that I was looking for someone with a scale that was able to read grams to two decimal places. He informed me he didn't have any like that. Won't be visiting there again. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Drove another mile down the road and took it to a jeweler that advertises that he buys gold and coins. He also didn't have a scale that would weigh grams to 2 decimal places (is this asking too much???), and he didn't. But, he was much more personable plus he <u>gently</u> weighed it ... 4.2g. After warning me that it is a very counterfeited coin, he examined it and said that it looked good to him and gave me the name/address of another nearby dealer who was more experienced in old coins than he was. </p><p><br /></p><p>Will try to get to this other place this weekend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 4181084, member: 106"]Well, still don't know much more now than I did after receiving the help from this forum last night. Took it to the local place with "rare coin dealer" in their name and when I asked the guy behind the counter if he would weigh the coin because I didn't have proper scale to do that. He said "sure" and when I handed it to him, he literally dropped it from a height of about 8 inches :jawdrop: onto the pan of one of his scales and told me that it was 4.1g. I mentioned that I was looking for someone with a scale that was able to read grams to two decimal places. He informed me he didn't have any like that. Won't be visiting there again. :sour: Drove another mile down the road and took it to a jeweler that advertises that he buys gold and coins. He also didn't have a scale that would weigh grams to 2 decimal places (is this asking too much???), and he didn't. But, he was much more personable plus he [U]gently[/U] weighed it ... 4.2g. After warning me that it is a very counterfeited coin, he examined it and said that it looked good to him and gave me the name/address of another nearby dealer who was more experienced in old coins than he was. Will try to get to this other place this weekend.[/QUOTE]
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