1917 Liberty Silver Half Dollar: 365 ppm Lead + 203 ppm Mercury (899,400 ppm Silver). Not a good fidget for kids.

Silver coin
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 365 +/- 43 ppm
• Cadmium (C): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): 203 +/- 54 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 19 +/- 11 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Vanadium (V): 794 +/- 522
• Copper (Cu): 95,300 +/- 600 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 100 +/- 59 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 899,400 +/- 1,600 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 2,920 +/- 328 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 388 +/-184 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Some additional reading that may be of interest:

• More coins we have tested and reported on (there are ten examples up on the website right now, make sure to click “next page” after you have checked out the first 8!)
• Some examples of coins that tested positive for Arsenic
• Some examples of coins that tested positive for Lead
• Some examples of coins that tested positive for Cadmium
• Some examples of coins that tested positive for Mercury
• Some examples of coins that tested positive for Antimony

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Tamara Rubin
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