[Wthomas229]

Silver American Eagles.

If purchasing Silver American Eagles from an unknown source (especially the Internet/Facebook) BEWARE, there are fakes out there and they are extremely good, especially posted at very low prices. I am pretty sure these came from China. They will pass most tests, including the magnet test. Please be AWARE.
Below is a sample...on the left the coin is fake (listed at $9.98). on the right the coin is legitimate. The only thing I found different to denote the fake, on the reverse of the coin, look at the “U” in United. The left has a rounded bottom, the right has the vertical edge on the right of the U.

[alwann]

Thanks for he alert. Do the "fakes" actually contain silver?

[Doro22]

Thank you. Good info.

Thanks for the “heads up” on the fake silver coins. With the turmoil in the securities markets some will think silver and gold will be a safer investment.

[NoMoSno]

Also beware of fake China gold
china gold fraud: China's biggest gold fraud, 4% of its reserves may be fake: Report - The Economic Times