If its 90 percent silver who cares if its fake? If its real you made good money. If its fake you made a couple of bucks! BTW, I see that you are from Webb City MO. A friend and I hunted curbs there about 6 years ago. I remember hitting a half block curb about 4 feet wide with 11 silver dimes..9 barbers and two mercs. Great place you live in.