REAL or FAKE: A lesson in counterfeit detection

[@brandondockter4272]

Something I have seen in the wild is pawn shops or different stores that buy gold and silver over the counter from the public that don’t have a metal verifier to authenticate….. I find that crazy especially dealing with gold

[@ct87gn25]

There's a LCS near me that doesn't have a verifier. I asked about some 1 0z silver rounds he had for sale if he checked them and he said "why"? I said there's LOTS of fakes out there and he then tells me he's been dealing for 30+ years and knows his business. I walked out. I was stunned by his lack of street smarts on this subject. Great video Josh, keep em coming!

[@darrensoldan5972]

I trust the pocket Pinger I have. I could tell by the sound right away it wasn't real how wavy the sound is vs a real coin which sounds very consistent tone. Good educational video 👍

[@LtColonelUSMC]

Really surprised about the Trade Dollar - it would have fooled me

[@mattmatt6572]

Trade dollars are one of the most counterfeited and must use high caution and I would only buy them from a very trustworthy dealer

[@LtColonelUSMC]

@@mattmatt6572 smart

[@LizaJane84]

🎉🎉 thank you Josh you're a wonderful teacher and we love being a student and a customer❤

[@TheQuickSilver101]

I appreciate seeing good educational content in the community. Thank you!

[@milessakauye8819]

Hi Josh, Thank you for the learning experience. Seems like they are getting pretty good at counterfeiting.

[@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8]

Thank you ,great video..

[@2manyhobbies971]

Trade dollar? I bought a fake one 40+ years ago. Haven’t recovered yet. 😢

[@SirAlford]

Very interesting, to bad we don't know the exact metal in these two as these were not magnetic......

[@danielcarr2879]

Excellent video. Thank you!

[@cowman-ud4ze]

Thanks

[@jeffreygearhart7118]

Great video Thanks

[@KnivesSurvival]

Testing platinum is a hard one

[@nathanr.494]

the half i figured was fake. color is off and when it was dropped, it didn't make the right sound. the trade dollar had me thinking though...

[@ct87gn25]

And yet NO ONE seems to want to do anything about all these fakes coming out of CHINA. go figure....

[@Stacking_Benjimans]

It gets a little ify, I ve noticed on those great deals sometimes it says “plated”…

[@DorothyPappas]

👏👏👏👏👏Great video as usual

[@jonathanlunglo]

Thanks for this info!

[@sestacker]

Awesome video buddy

[@marylong7952]

Hey I just got a roll of 17761976 quarters and they have errors on them so I think they’re fakes. I don’t remember any with these are like eye suits errors

[@RaspingPompano2]

Where did he buy these coins? This needs to be called out.

[@JackPurdy-x8t]

I purchased a 1909 Lincoln penny,1918, over 7 standing Liberty half dollar 1921 peac dollar, 1927 S peace dollar, and 1936 music half dollar. All of these coins were fakes

[@dwightbennett2597]

You know what? I could not really hear the difference between the trade dollar and the genuine Morgan dollar. Perhaps if he had used a single metal rod to ping against instead of a plastic and whatever the other part of the pen was made of to ping against (because half the time he was pinging against the plastic part and saying "whoops" and repinging again incorrectly on the other coin between "correct" pinging on both, maaaaayyyyybe we could have heard the difference. But the way he did it, there were too many variations of pings between the "genuine" ping of both the real and the fake coin. I needed to hear the ONE ping of the silver coin followed by the ONE ping of the fake coin. Otherwise, a great presentation! Thanks....

[@kwh36912]

U can buy fakes anywhere. My last visit to my lcs, I bought a fake 26s buffalo nickel. Didn't know how to take it back to him . What do you say to him? His credibility as a coin guy is kinda over

[@ct87gn25]

You have to call out your LCS. If you don't, others will get scammed also. Perhaps they don't even know, and that's another reason why you should absolutely talk to them...

[@mattmatt6572]

Yeah prolly not easy to do but if you don't bring it up you aren't giving him the chance to make it right.

[@khaledyounes3157]

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[@mikegrotte3953]

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