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Ok, I really doubt it, but I stumbled across this the other day, and I am wondering of you think it could be authentic. This is the best pic there is of it. It has been made into a moneyclip. Is it just a bad, plated replica? Which would explain the odd tone under the wear... I really doubt the authenticity, but figured I would check because I know little about Kellogg & co $20 pieces. And I would hate to be wrong...


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Looks like gold painted copper. I notice the Kellogg & Co. on the headdress. Free prize from a box of Corn Flakes?
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Ahh...

http://www.calgoldcoin.com/big.htm

Search the page for Kellogg... probably a reproduction.

Edit: The real deal:

http://www.coinfacts.com/pioneer_go...mpany_20.htm
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02/28/2008 5:46 pm
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I have a gold plated, circulated Lincoln Cent with that same look.
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I would take it to a jeweler and have them ck and see it gold before I did anything.
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I would take it to a jeweler and have them ck and see it gold before I did anything.

Just remember how a jeweler checks to see if smething is gold. Take a file and scratch a deep gash in it to make sure you are getting through any plating, and then put a drop of nitric acid on it. If it is gold then you have a piece with a big gash on the edge, and if it isn't then it has a big gash ad an ugly discolored spot on it.

I have seen many a genuine gold coin, including better pieces, that all had deep file marks in their edge because the owner took them to a jeweler to have them "checked" before taking them to a coin dealer.
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Send it to ANACS...they'll slab it if it is real.
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The wear patterns creating a two tone effect indicate plating. It might be gold plating but it is almost certainly brass underneath. Besides, even if it was real, it would be impossible to authenticate it with only one side showing and no way to weigh it, it would have to be removed from the clip before anyone could do anything with it.

Jewelers are fine for confirming gold jewelry, but keep the coins away from them
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