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Pillar of the Community
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Anyone else have any say on this. Would you believe them to be actual gold and silver?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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They are not Clad are they. LOL. But they could be gold plated. There are a few ways of testing if it's gold, as discussed in this recent topic. https://goccf.com/t/4700 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The silver coin is for sure silver.
The gold coin however... still unsure.
Is there anybody I could send this to that would be able to let me know if it is gold or not?
I took it to a jeweler... he said it has a good weight, but on the edge it has "brushing" which can be a characteristic of being plated.
So if there is somebody who would be willing to take a look, if it is real I would make it worth your time...
My gut says yes it is real, since the silver coin was. I don't think they would have made a real silver coin, then a fake gold...
Thanks for your time,
Jordan
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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how would you test it to see if it were real or not? the Acid test? or is there another way? I am sure there has to be another way but would like to know what they are
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Valued Member
United States
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Richard Nixon was elected on 5 November 1968.  He took the Office of President on 20 January 1969. Of course Americans do everything the hard way (not backwards, mind you). We learned it from our grandparents in Britain, from time immemorial. You'd think a nation enlightened enough to produce the Magna Carta and to be among the first to abolish slavery in the empire, could at least get it together to drive on the correct side of the street!  What a mystery! I'm really surprised that so far, NO ONE here has any info on these tokens. The gold appears to be gold and the silver or pewter or whatever it is looks solid. I'd really be surprised to find out that these "coins" were minted in the USSR, who, in 1969 anyway, didn't seem to have a more energetic nemesis than Tricky Dick. |
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United States
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I too am suprised that no one here knows anything about these.
These were showed to a local multi-millionaire who just collects presidential medals and that kind of stuff... he had no clue on them.
I am very sure the larger one to be silver, not pewter or anything else.
Also, the local Jeweler said most the time the numbers on gold are like 960 something, or close around there (I cannot remember for sure), not 900...?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Jd, I'm 100% with you on going metric. I took the time to learn it back in the 60's and have been waiting to catch up with world ever since! Mike  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It would just be so much easier. Normally people will cuss if they are working on something and it is a metric... only because we aren't used to it. I say switch everything. Back to the topic at hand, I also posted on another forum... let's see what happens: http://www.coinpeople.com/Dick-Nixo...D-t9125.html |
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Valued Member
United States
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There's a tradition since Washington of no living people on U.S. money, but I'm not sure it's law. Maybe Nixon was trying it on for size?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well in any case, this is not U.S.
Definately overseas, probably the europe/german area
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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[quote]Originally posted by jdheyne
The silver coin is for sure silver.
The gold coin however... still unsure.
The copper spotting would be a good sign that it is gold.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by longnine009
The copper spotting would be a good sign that it is gold.
Oh really? Is that a fairly common thing? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
772 Posts |
It was suggested to me that they were... electrically plated?
I believe that is what I was told. Can anyone tell me what that is?
I asked a jeweler about the "copper spots". She said that plated stuff will also get those.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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jdheyne, you are probably referring to electroplating. It is basically the process of plating an item with a thin layer of metal by means of electric current. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElectroplatingThe process used in electroplating is called electrodeposition. The item to be coated is placed into a container containing a solution of one or more metal salts. The item is connected to an electrical circuit, forming the cathode (negative) of the circuit while an electrode typically of the same metal to be plated forms the anode (positive). When an electrical current is passed through the circuit, metal ions in the solution are attracted to the item. The result is a layer of metal on the item. However, considerable skill and craft-technique is required to assure an evenly-coated finished product. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is very interesting.
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