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Pillar of the Community
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Silver plated gold colored dollar coin? Or just nickle plated? I think it is probably one of those silver plated coins they sell for big bucks. Probably has 3 cents worth of silver on it and they sell the for like $50 each or something. ("But wait, there's more! Act now and we will send you 3 more at only $39.95 each!") |
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Golden dollars are not plated. They are clad. The outer layer is manganese brass, the core is pure copper. That being said, nice find!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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("But wait, there's more! Act now and we will send you 3 more at only $39.95 each!") You forgot the "Beautiful wood storage box at no additional charge!" |
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United States
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Great pick-ups @n9jig! Not as nice as solid silver, but still looks nice.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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You forgot the "Beautiful wood storage box at no additional charge!" Sometimes that box is actually worth more than the coins.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Painful reminder of just how ugly that SBA coin is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:Painful reminder of just how ugly that SBA coin is. If you can't say anything nice, Frog.... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree that the SBA is ugly. I like the size and feel of it, it is just too bad that the quarter is so large. That would have been an interesting thing if they resized the rest of the coinage in the late 70's to match. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am sure that the silver plated "golden" dollar looks nicer than the original.
This might sound kind of strange but I have gotten over the years 2 gold plated "golden" dollars in rolls. One is a Washington and the other is Madison. They both look really nice and much better than an original "golden" dollar even uncirculated. The gold plating give them a prooflike appearance. I am not spending these. I guess the gold plating wouldn't last very long in circulation.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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For grins, here's the plated SBA I got from my bank a couple of years back.  Personally I like the SBA. Reverse is better than the obverse but the "Carter Quarter" is definitely an interesting piece no matter how you slice it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My Mom used to say you could put lipstick on a pig, ain't gonna make it pretty.
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United States
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Reverse is better than the obverse Well, duh! She borrowed it from the best dollar coin ever! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Somehow I knew that was going to be your reply to that. |
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I am inimitable. I am an original.  |
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