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phantom0223 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 08:34 am This is a 10mm gold coin. It has seven stars and a Liberty Head. The back reads 1/4 dollar 1871 with a wreath. Weighs between .15 and .2 grams or 0.005 troy ounces. Any additional information on this coin (i.e. where it's from, etc.) would be so helpful! Thanks! Updated with correct information - thanks Edited by phantom0223 08/10/2017 12:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff

smauggie Valued Member United States 271 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 09:10 am Just poking around the internet I found this: Issued by Frontier & Bellemere, a Jewelry firm that produced California Fractional Gold Tokens from 1871 until 1875. This item has a rarity rating of R.3 with about 200-500 known. http://www.apmex.com/product/58600/...d-ms-64-PCGS Report this Post to the Staff
phantom0223 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 09:14 am Thank you so much for your input - we thought maybe California - but the seven stars thing has us confused. Thank you again! Report this Post to the Staff
phantom0223 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 09:22 am Oh forgot to mention coin acid tests gold as well - thanks again everyone Report this Post to the Staff
Loruca Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 08/10/2017 7:09 pm Uh-oh... Please don't tell me you acid tested the coin. Coin+ Acid test= NO-NO. Loruca Report this Post to the Staff
man2004 Valued Member United States 338 Posts	Posted 08/11/2017 02:42 am NGC has published very useful information regarding California gold. There are a lot of back dated pieces floating around. Please see the links below. https://www.NGCcoin.com/coin-explor...old-pscid-84 https://www.NGCcoin.com/news/articl...tional-Gold/ https://www.NGCcoin.com/census/unit...e-states/84/ Report this Post to the Staff
phantom0223 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 08/11/2017 07:07 am Thank you so much for you help in identifying this little coin - we really appreciate it! :) (We did acid test the coin but not on the coin, on the testing block - no acid was placed on the coin). Thanks again! Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 08/11/2017 08:24 am It looks like BG-813 to me. http://m.PCGScoinfacts.com/Coin/Rarity/10674 You need to send it to a grading service like PCGS to find out for sure. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4591 Posts	Posted 08/11/2017 09:27 am Quote: Thank you so much for you help in identifying this little coin - we really appreciate it! :) (We did acid test the coin but not on the coin, on the testing block - no acid was placed on the coin). Thanks again! NO NO NO NO That STILL means you scratched the edge of the coin on the abrasive block for the test. NEVER again. PLEASE. If they don't have an XRF gun to test the metal non-destructively DO NOT LET THEM NEAR THE COIN. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
phantom0223 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 08/11/2017 1:46 pm Thank you all, again, so very much. This coin website is fabulous and such a blessing to help with researching a piece. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
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