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Pillar of the Community
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Went to the bank yesterday and picked up a roll of Presidential dollars. Most were very dark and grungy, but I was surprised to see five of them that were exceedingly bright and shiny. Here's an example of one next to a "normal" Presidential dollar:   The extra shiny coins consisted of two Thomas Jeffersons, a Millard Fillmore, a James Madison, a John Adams and an Andrew Jackson. My first thought was that they were just newly minted, but obviously some of these are from years ago. My second thought was that they came out of a yearly mint uncirculated set that somebody just broke up. But then I started to wonder whether they could actually be gold plated. Anybody seen these before? Or do I just have an overactive imagination when it comes to gold? |
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Valued Member
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I think you're just seeing the natural before & after of the toning process. All of mine that I acquired as uncirculated look like the one on the left, but I have several 2000 Sacagaweas from circulation that are closer to the color of yours on the right.
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Are you sure? Not only are these six extremely shiny, they are much more golden in color and the details seem to be slightly softer. I am really having trouble photographing them because of how shiny they are, but here is a group shot:  |
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Hmmm, you're right those do look extra shiny! I wonder if someone gold plated them or buffed them to a high shine with metal polish...
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Bedrock of the Community
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There are companies out there who are actually gold plated these, silver plated, platinum plated, and a combination of those three usually gold and platinum together.
As far as if any of these are gold plated I'm not sure, but they do exist
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I think I know how ro tell if they are gold plated. Look at the edge of the coins, as, even though its a bit harder to see in golden dollars than in our siver colored coins, you can still see the copper core on the edge, if you look closely. If you can't see the copper that the brass is cladded to, like on our silver colored coins, then they probably are gold plated.
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when getting small dollar coins from the bank, I have gotten several that were gold plated.
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I think I know how ro tell if they are gold plated. Look at the edge of the coins, as, even though its a bit harder to see in golden dollars than in our siver colored coins, you can still see the copper core on the edge, if you look closely. If you can't see the copper that the brass is cladded to, like on our silver colored coins, then they probably are gold plated. Thanks for the suggestion, Fox! I looked on the edges and they are uniformly golden. So I guess maybe they really are plated after all. I originally got these to give my son for his good report card grades, but now I think I'll tell him to hold onto them instead of spending them. Yeah, I know that they aren't really worth anything above face value, but if nothing else they aren't likely to discolor over time like standard Presidential dollars. |
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Posted 03/30/2013 1:50 pm
