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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My girls at the bank saved this one for me. I don't have to weigh it, if it was solid, I'd know it. Someone gold plated it, post PSD. I was tickled to get it and just wanted to share one of the anomalies that are available.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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if you soak it in aqua regia you get get the gold off!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Any gold plated coin is an awesome find.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Really? And recover it? What all is involved? What is aqua regia? I've been saving up a lot of gold plated items until I could figure out a way to recover it. Sounds promising, tell me more.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks Kid, this one is super nice. There is no wear on the plating whatsoever. I wouldn't recover the gold off of this one, it is so pretty.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Except it does look like Washington is spiting on united.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5964 Posts |
To me it looks like he is blowing golden smoke. You can see it in his eye.
Edited by CoinMasters
07/12/2015 4:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is unrecoverable. It would be like trying to recover the paint off of a painted coin, to paint your living room with.
I read somewhere that each quarter contains some 7 mg of gold. If you do the math at today's spot price of 37.41 dollars per gram you come up with 25.9 cents of gold per coin. If you could recover 7 milligrams of gold, how much would you spend recovering it?
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07/12/2015 5:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I read somewhere that each quarter contains something 7 mg of gold This coin is gold plated. |
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This coin is gold plated. ........ with 7mg of gold  |
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Okay, I see what you're saying. I'll check your figures, including the 7mg, if you're correct, I appreciate the info, if your not correct, I'll let you know. Thanks either way.
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Posted 07/12/2015 4:28 pm
