Testing the specific gravity of Silver by bengy

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silver · @bengy · Jun 30 '19 (edited)

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Testing the specific gravity of Silver

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In this video, I'm testing the specific gravity of some coins that I had bought from Ebay. Two Krugerands, One Philharmonic and one suspicious Europa holed coin. Pure silver has a pretty specific (haha) specific gravity of 10.49, which is the ratio of the dry weight to the water submerged weight of the coin. 

This is a pretty simple test to do, and in combination with the ring test and magnetic tests it does lend a touch of confidence to the pieces of silver that I've bought from second hand or auction sites. Also, all three of these tests are non-destructive as well, which is good for something that you don't want to destroy!

In the video, I also show the little trick that I had for "tying" a string to a round coin... which initially drove me nuts when I first tried this test... but I cheated!

Of course, these tests were pretty rough and ready... it was more to see if they were in the ballpark area of the specific gravity. More to find the definite false ones and add a little confidence to the others!


Coin|Dry Weight (g)|Submerged Weight (g)|Ratio (Specific Gravity)
--- | --- | --- | --- 
Philharmonic|31.32|2.99|10.47
Krugerrand 1|31.25|2.98|10.48
Krugerrand 2|31.27|2.98|10.49
Holed Europa|9.89|0.95|10.41



So, as you see from that table... I'm not totally convinced about that last Europa coin. In fact, I would almost be sure that it is NOT pure silver, luckily I didn't pay the silver price for it! However, the other coins were pretty spot on... so I'm happy about that!










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@drotto · Jun 30 '19

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@dwingsworld · Jun 30 '19

Very cool! Have never done the gravity test. Thanks for sharing!!

Posted using [Partiko Android](https://partiko.app/referral/dwingsworld)

👍 bengy

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@bengy · Jul 6 '19

The trickiest part is tying a string to a coin.. which really is an exercise in frustration. There are kits where you submerge a whole tray... but I cheated!

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@enjar · Jul 1 '19

$0.02

I’ve never been big into buying into gold and silver with just how many dishonest people there are out there. At least most of our coins hold up to what they should have been. 

I can only imagine how many buy a giant bar cut it open and realize they bought a gold plated lead bar! I guess that is also why so many go with smaller coins. I do prefer coins in general myself. I do love the designs many of them carry. Looks like you have some interesting ones yourself!

👍 dustbunny, bengy

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@bengy · Jul 6 '19

I'm happy that with PayPal there is some degree of buyer protection... otherwise I would be more wary of using eBay. That said, I have a few people that I trust to bid upon... and I don't tend to stray too far from them!

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@metzli · Jun 30 '19

I work next to a place that tests gold and silver. 

I hear about this all day everyday and think it’s so interesting. 

I have learned a lot about “good” and “bad” buys. 

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👍 bengy

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@bengy · Jul 6 '19

It's really interesting when you hear about things that other people take for granted in their own fields... but there is so much to discover in everything! I try not to think about the ones where I've overspent... or bought something that I wasn't what I thought it was... on the other hand, there are sometimes that I get really lucky!

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@silversaver888 · Jun 30 '19

I've never done gravity test on my silver. Interesting.

👍 bengy

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@bengy · Jul 6 '19

I pick up some on eBay... so it just gives me an added degree of confidence.

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@toddrjohnson · Jul 11 '19

$0.02

The only silver coins I have are from the US treasury and (I assume) are as stated. My biggest concern is what to actually do with them. At this point they just sit in a safe.

Proud member of #powerhousecreatives

👍 dustbunny, bengy

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@bengy · Jul 16 '19

I'm thinking about selling off some of the scrappy ones that I've picked up on eBay... keeping the nice ones for some future time....

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@vibesforlife · Jul 1 '19

wow interesting way of calculating gravity and to know if the coin is real. This is interesting, my mom has some coins and I would like to try this trick when i visit her next time.

👍 bengy

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@bengy · Jul 6 '19

It's a pretty sensitive test... so you need a good scale and also the specific gravity will be very different if the silver is not 0.999 pure, so sterling silver will be a different number!

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@vibesforlife · Jul 7 '19

Hmm it already sounds sensitive :(:)

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@wonderwop · Jun 30 '19

Very interesting test, I never knew how to preform this until now @bengy.

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👍 bengy

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@bengy · Jul 6 '19

It's pretty simple... but it is a pretty sensitive test, so it is good to be careful and methodical when doing it.

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