How to Test for Fake Silver & Gold Bullion INFOGRAPHIC by Silver.com

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Silver.com is pleased to present a new free InfoGraphic teaching you how to avoid & detect for fake counterfeit Gold & Silver bullion products.

In recent years, the production of fake silver and gold bullion products has been on the rise.

At Silver.com… we want to educate the silver and gold buying community on how to avoid and detect fake bullion products.

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There are two main types of fake bullion products threatening the market today.

Plated counterfeits are more common place… while hallowed out bars have been sold as recent as 2012 in New York’s famous diamond district.

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We’re going to show you some at home tests you can run to ensure your bullion is real.

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The Magnet Test

Silver and Gold bullion are diamagnetic, meaning that a strong magnet will not stick to them but you will see some resistance when a strong magnet slides across the surface of silver or gold bullion.

Notice the difference in speed between the magnet moving across the silver bar versus the paper booklet.

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The Ice Test

Silver is the best conductor of heat so we compared a real silver eagle versus a fake silver eagle by melting a piece of ice on them simultaneously.

Of all the tests we ran, this was probably the least definitive given that the copper in the fake coin is also a good conductor of heat.

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Ping Test

A ping test is performed simply by placing a bullion product on the tip of one’s finger and striking it like a tuning fork.

Please Note - 24K gold is too soft to work in a ping test. The shape of a bullion coin, round, or bar will directly affect it’s resonance and ping test ability.

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Acid Test

An acid test may help you identify if your bullion is real, just note that fake clad bullion coins will still test positive due to their thin precious metal venires.

Notice how on the fake coin on the left, the acid turns green die to the silver on the outer layer of the counterfeit coin.

Note too that acid tests leave burn marks on bullion items so this method of testing is certainly not for proof coin collectors.

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UltraSound & Caliper Test

The same technology used to map ocean floors and help administer prenatal care can also help you determine if your bullion is indeed wholly made of precious metals.

In this test we used a $135 ultrasonic thickness gauge tester which uses the speed of sound through silver to gives us an approximate thickness of the silver bullion bar.

We then used a $17 caliper to measure and cross verify our bullion bar’s thickness.

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Specific Gravity Weight Test

Perhaps the best most cost effective testing for bullion products is the specific gravity test. For this test you will need a digital scale, some distilled water, some string and a cup.

First you weigh the item in question.

Then add the cup with water and balance the scale back to zero.

Next fully immerse the item into the water without touching the sides or bottom of the cup, take down the measurement.

Finally divide the dry weight of the item with it’s water weight and you will get the item’s specific gravity.

Silver’s specific gravity is 10.49 Gold’s Specific Gravity is 19.32

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Be wary of silver and gold bullion deals too good to be true.

If you do buy bullion through ebay make sure to use protective third party payment systems like Paypal or credit cards.

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We suggest buying your bullion from trusted dealers who source their metals direct from the mints.

Make sure your trusted bullion dealer also tests and verifies all the products they may buy and sell from secondary market sources.

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Thank you for watching this video and until next time, keep stacking!

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