“Five Easy Ways to Avoid a Scam – Home Testing Your Gold and Silver”
January 1, 2021
“Are you worried that your gold and silver coins might not contain the purity of content that was advertised when you bought them? Perhaps you’re new to physical gold and silver investing. Aside from trusting your dealer’s word, how else might you verify that your coins or bullion are indeed the real things?…
#1 – Size Them Up and Check Their Weight…
#2 – Give Your Coins a “Soundcheck”…
#3 – How “Attractive” Are Your Coins?…
#4 – Run Your Silver Bar Through a Thermal Test…
#5 Apply the Acid Test to Gold and Silver…”
https://gsiexchange.com/five-easy-ways-to-avoid-a-scam-home-test-your-gold-and-silver/
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