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 Posted 01/20/2012  12:05 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add AnteWayUp to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello, I am new and would like to introduce myself. I am Walter and I live in West Tx.
My Grandfather's father, my great grandad, had a dog that use to retrieve a buried gold coin that was usually hidden around the yard. Another time my Great Grandad would shot a gold coin from horse back in the front yard.
The coin would be described as a "Old gold coin from Mexico."
My Grandfather would be a 103 now if he was still alive. These stories took place in his childhood.
I recently found the coin I believe he use to talk about.
I need help identifying the coin.
I believe it weighs 4 to 6 grams and is slightly larger than a quarter. It also has reeded edge. I dont have it out to look at it at the moment but if someone could help me I will bring it out to look at it closer.
Thank you for reading this post and I hope maybe you can help me identify my gold coin.
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 Posted 01/20/2012  12:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Can you read any inscription on the coin?
If this is bigger than a quarter, yet weighing 4-6 grams, this approaches the weight of a silver quarter.
Wouldn't a gold coin of this diameter weigh a lot more, like 15+ grams?
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I moved your post to the Identification forum for more focused attention.
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 Posted 01/20/2012  8:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AnteWayUp to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you DVCollector, and jbuck.
I decided to pull the coin out and look at it again.
I come to realize the coin is the same size as a quarter.
I plan on weighing it again as soon as I get my digital jewelry scale back from a person.
Looking with a coin magnifying glass I cant make out much at all if anything. Not that coin is worn smooth but the opposite and has texture and might say something but I cant read it. There are two puzzling tiny little spots appearing on the coin that look like a little green gem and a little blue gem. Maybe even on more little green gem. I am not sure but it could be something else after all I found the coin under two inches of soil. Looking at the coin again to it still has a gold tone to it but a little less shiny then when after I found it and cleaned it in vinegar a couple years ago.
These are some old pics I took a while back.
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Notice the coin is bent and has an indention of what looks like a bullet tried to co through it.
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Weigh it to make sure its gold.
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 Posted 01/21/2012  10:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AnteWayUp to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ok morning, I got my scales back and weighed the coin and the results are 6.15 gm, or .217 oz. Then after doing a quick search on google I turned up the weight of a quarter.
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Standard circulating quarters struck in copper-nickel weigh 0.20 oz., or 5.67 gm.

A silver quarter dated 1964 and earlier weighs 6.25 grams.

http://www.coincommunity.com/us_qua...shington.asp
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Now please noticed that my coin weighs .45 g more, or .017 oz heavier if it was a SCQ struck in copper-nickle.
Also note that if it was a silver pre dated 1964, it would be .1 gram heavier.

Hmmm, I need to think about this alittle more.
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 Posted 01/21/2012  10:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AnteWayUp to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Silver quarters issued from 1873 to 1964 weighed 6.25 gm when new. They were struck in an alloy of 90% silver and 10% copper.


http://www.coincommunity.com/us_quarter_dollars/

Maybe it is a quarter? If it contained 10% copper that could explain the green little color dots and distortion of coin after being buried probably 70 plus years.

Still, thinking but it sure shines like gold. I want gold darn it.
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 Posted 01/21/2012  11:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, I think you're on the right track with a silver quarter, or similar size coin--hard to tell anymore.
That it's slightly undrweight could be explained by the corrosion/wear visible--probably a combination of both.
I've never tried to shoot a coin, but the indentation does fit well with your story.
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