Silver Coins - How to do a tone/sound test for pure silver or 90% silver US

Short video showing you how to do a drop tone test to see if you have a pure silver (or 90% silver) coin or a clad coin, which is generally made of other metals such as copper, nickel, etc.

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[GoneGuru99]

hey, you seem to have some coin knowledge. I want to tone some Franklins using a cigar box and heat. Have you tried this yourself and could you give me some tips or info? Thanks!

[scutter4christ]

@GoneGuru99 That is something that I've never tried to do before. You may just trying googling it and I bet there will be someone who has written how to do it.

[AwakeAndDangerous]

Great tip, the real silver ones definitely have a different tone. I have a collection of old silver coints, mostly 1964 Kenedy half-dollars, Ben Franklin halfs, and some old silver quarters. I had assumed that they were 90 or 99% silver, but recently I was told that they were less, I think I was told 34%.  Ever heard of that?

[scutter4christ]

@AwakeAndDangerous Not that I am aware but I could double check for you. From my understanding, all of the silver coins that were made before and up to 1964 are 90% silver.

Some of the kennedys from 1965 i think to maybe 70 (maybe 68) are 40% silver.

[cdltpx]

They are making fakes from China that sound close to the silver coins but they are made of some cheaper metal. I have yet to get a sample counterfeit coin but they are out there and they are using them to rip people off . Just like we have counterfeit politicians trying to get you to vote for them and later you find they are fake. End the puppet show Ron Paul 2012.

[blai745]

so if I ever stumble a pile of morgan dollars I can say " sure this random pile of 20 morgans must be real!!!!"

you need to weigh em...find the dimensions.. then ping test em on the tip of your finger..

not that hard..

[ylesfitz8839]

ya the silver had more of a higher "Ting" then the clad? is that right? its hard to tell a couple times it sounded almost the same

[blabblab1212]

These are clad: which means they are garbage.............

[greenwooddesign]

does't that damage the silver coins doing it this way? good vid thanks for sharing.

[inkey2]

@AwakeAndDangerous no.....all american silver coins were 90% silver. The only ones that were less were half dollars from 1965 to about 1970/71...those were 40% silver

[KirbyHanchar]

before you did the sound test, i noticed that:

The MORGANS sounded a lot heavier.

[litoariel]

THE MORGANS JUST SOUND LIKE MONEY !!!!!! LOL

[bigrobnz]

The good coins have that" old fashioned" sound to them!!!

[alphacodexx]

@scutter4christ will this convince people overseas who do not know out pre1964 us junk silver coins you think?