On ebay I purchased what was supposed to be a 1 ounce .999 fine silver round coin/medallion. I got suspicious and began sawing it in half and sure enough I found it was only silver-plated, inside it was a...
Here's a convenient way of how to tell if you have real silver coins/rounds. Carefully balance the coin flat on the tip of one finger, then use something like a pen to gently strike the edge of the coin. You...
You will often see silver coins, rounds and bars being sold as weighing one or more 'ounces'. But sometimes the seller doesn't mention which type of 'ounce' they mean. There are two different types of ounce -...
I sometimes see 1988 Marshall Islands Space Shuttle Discovery five dollar coins being sold on eBay as being made of silver. Sadly they are not made of silver but of copper-nickel and are of very little value....