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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Well I just purchased this in a job lot of silver from ebay. The rest of them are authentic, and I assume that this probably is, but when comparing it to my other Morgan dollars it appears so shiny! Maybe someone has tried cleaning it ¬_¬ and it has ended up like this. I tried to get the best photos I could. It seems to almost look gold-plated in colour, and the outside rim has stayed silver on both sides. What could have caused this? Many thanks in advance :) It weighs 26.85 grams and measures 37.5mm in diameter.    |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Considering that it is worn and overweight, maybe it is gold plated.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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IMO , Gold leaf plated .  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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Well that makes sense, thanks for that.
I've never seen a gold-plated one before. Has this been done some time in the recent past? Or was it minted like this as some sort of special edition? I doubt the value will be increased much by this really.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's real....real gold plated! Looks cleaned as well, so it's probably not worth much over melt at this point.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1273 Posts |
Okay, thanks. Well Its not one for the collection really then so I'll probably just sell it on. :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yea someone probably plated it in an attempt to cover up a cleaning. Worth melt.
Edited by Imthealphaomega
01/27/2017 10:12 am
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Valued Member
United States
424 Posts |
My thought is that this was once a pice of jewelry. It was possibly in a bezel of some sort and it was gold plated to make it look flashier. That is just my random thought and I am more than likely way off.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 That was what I was thinking too. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Probably plated to be used as a jewelry item at one time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah could've been half of a set of earrings.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice find . .  Consider having it analyzed for gold quality. If it's 14K or better might be sellable to the right collector. IMHO, you never know!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Thanks, well I know that thick plating is normally 10k of above, in The USA anyway, so it may be at least that...but we'll see what bids I get when I get round to listing it. I like coins silver, and all silver :P
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah could've been half of a set of earrings. Or a full set for someone with one ear!! Realistically a bezel is what I was thinking. Seems like it was put in a bezel mount then the entire piece was plated as the rim shows no sign of plating.  Edited by Mark1959
01/27/2017 2:09 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 ...the missing Van Gogh earring set ! Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah could've been half of a set of earrings. REALLY heavy earrings, that is.  |
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