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An easier and more practical way to test the density of a coin is to use a tool called a Fisch, a plastic tool that first checks the physical diameter and thickness and finally serves as a simple tip balance to test the weight... This tool is highly recommended by gold dealers and bankers...
- Beforeitsnews.com

Incidentally, a must for every investor who buys gold bullion coins is the Fisch counterfeit coin detector.

To protect against counterfeits, get a counterfeit coin detector from Fisch Instruments.
- World Market Perspective
… there is a very clever little item available which will immediately and easily identify any fake or part-gold or tampered coin…. The handy little gadget is manufactured by Fisch Instruments. If you are a steady coin buyer as I have recommended you be (and as I am), it’s not a bad idea to have one of these valuable little "testers"
- Richard Russell's Dow Theory Letters
Bank managers all over South Africa have been alerted to be aware of counterfeit Krugerrands - and equipped with a special device (the Fisch) to check authenticity.
If you are going to invest in bullion coins, I recommend you buy (the Fisch).
- Peter Dickinson, editor, The Retirement Letter
The Fisch is a powerful defence for investors.
- INVESTigate
I would strongly recommend that you own one for each of the types of coin in your investment portfolio.
- Richard Maybury, The Hume MoneyLetter
We’ve tried it and it works.
- Les Fox's The Fortune-Teller
Keep an eye out for counterfeit gold coins. Fisch Instruments have developed a gold coin identification gauge that lets you check the weight, thickness, diameter and shape of a coin in seconds.
The dramatically increased sophistication of fake coin manufacture on international gold markets has led to the development and world-wide acceptance of the Fisch coin gauge.
- on awarding the Design Instated / Shell Design Award, The Design Institute
Today it is no longer possible to judge the authenticity of a gold coin solely by its appearance. Even dealers who handle large numbers of coins have been known to overlook sophisticated copies. By means of the Fisch coin gauges, authenticity can be established in seconds.
Detecting fake gold bullion coins is quick and easy with Fisch patented precision coin checking gauges.
- Survive
The gauge manufacturing tolerances are exacting: quality appears to be superb: and the material is durable with normal use and care.
- AIS Coin Buyer's Guide
A new way to spot counterfeit gold bullion coins. Gary North’s Remnant Review (August 5, 1983) recommends "the Fisch.
- Precious Metals Performance Digest
(The Fisch is) coming into widespread use among dealers. One dealer we checked out was actually using 4 sets … simultaneously.
- Silver & Gold Report
… an ingenious little gadget… Recommendation: Get whichever set or sets (that) suit your (bullion coin) purchases. They will save you a lot of worry - and potentially a lot of grief.
- Silver & Gold Report
Can you spot a counterfeit gold bullion coin? If not, you can join countless individuals - even bankers and at least one major coin dealer - in dangerous ignorance. What can you do about it? Plenty, thanks to Fisch Instruments.
- Moneymaker
(The Fisch) will check a coin in seconds.
With a very low-cost, wallet size of gauges, a banker, dealer or investor can check the authenticity of … gold coins and small bars.
- United States Banker
For novice collectors, fake gold coins can be hard to spot. Now a …. easy to use plastic gauge manufactured by Fisch Instruments of Sacramento, California, helps check a gold coin’s authentic by checking weight, diameter and thickness.
- Newsweek
The Fisch fake coin detector is quite simple to use.
(The Fisch) spots fake gold coins.
- Coin World
Now … there’s a product to help consumers who worry about buying gold that’s not what it appears to be, or who would like to check out their gold survival coins. Fisch Instruments of Sacramento, California has designed easy-to-use "fake coin identification wallets" that subject coins to exacting test of weight, size and thickness … pocket size wallet sets of peace of mind…
- Howard Ruff, The Ruff Times
The amateur can become a gold expert with the Fisch …
The Fisch gauge is used by many of the world’s largest bullion dealers.
- Coinage Magazine's Gold & Silver Update