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A genuine solid gold coin would not have a layer that peels back like shown in the image I posted yesterday.
*** Edited by Staff to add Quote tags. Please use them in the future. ***Hi,
it is not really peeling, it is, I think, because of the tools I used to bend the coin.
At first I tried with only one cutting pliers, but it was too strong.
I needed an other cutting plier to bend 2 times the coin until it "broke"
Before to end cutted in two, The coin was tested with a touchstone. It was fine. My fear was it could be filled with tungsten.
What made me think that was the difference of weight beetwen what I've read on internet and what I have seen on my scale.
I learnt (few days later), from a very friendly gold seller, that The US Mint is known for not-so-exact measures and that my scale might be slightly off-balance too.
@jst1dreamr : this is true, the pictures look good. they were taken with an iphone X. I was impressed by its ability to focus so close to the coin (other than that the phone does not worth its price and the faceID is very bored..)