I have mostly standard old silver coins, quarters, dimes, silver dollars, and half-dollars. They are easily recognizable by most people. And they are in amounts that translate to real goods. For example, a silver dime is approximately worth a loaf of bread. You can't buy anything like grocery items with a one ounce silver round.
Depends on how new it is, anything not freshly minted is going to have developed some tarnish. There are testing machines but you can largely go by sound as silver has a distinctive ring to it when struck or dropped.
I worked in a store back in the 70s, and I loved that ring when someone would drop a silver coin among their other change on the counter. Even back then, I would swap it out of the cash register after the customer left.
Every silver I buy from different places look different, so I dunno which is real and which might be fake. All reputable places, hence more confusion
I have mostly standard old silver coins, quarters, dimes, silver dollars, and half-dollars. They are easily recognizable by most people. And they are in amounts that translate to real goods. For example, a silver dime is approximately worth a loaf of bread. You can't buy anything like grocery items with a one ounce silver round.
Depends on how new it is, anything not freshly minted is going to have developed some tarnish. There are testing machines but you can largely go by sound as silver has a distinctive ring to it when struck or dropped.
I worked in a store back in the 70s, and I loved that ring when someone would drop a silver coin among their other change on the counter. Even back then, I would swap it out of the cash register after the customer left.
Clank the coins together that have a unique sound.