The Reason Why I Cut Into The Gold Metal

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Jumper31 New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 03/19/2019 02:14 am Here is one reason why it did not bother me to much to cut into the coin.the wight is where it should be for a gold coin. I ask the person today to check it with his chemicals but he would do it. I buying a gold kit today I know it's gold but before I send them to get graded u wanted to be 100 percent. I bought this from a man who bought coins for investment he had about 50 thousand in fold he was selling. Why wod someone buy 11 gold coins if he needs they were not real. Thanks guys sorry if I got under skin cutting a jewel of a coin Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 03/19/2019 07:17 am @jumper, this is your collection so you can do what you want with your pieces. You can understand how it might be alarming to us though I hope. In any case, I'm glad that you are going to be transitioning to a non-destructive means for evaluating these pieces. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 03/19/2019 07:56 am How about X-Ray Florescence testing instead? That would have checked for the surface only, but along with the weight and diameter, it is a fairly safe bet that what XRF would have found, would have been a consistent analysis for the whole coin. Any scrap gold buyer worth his salt should have had a hand held XRF testing instrument. Are the other undamaged gold medals worth melt value only? Report this Post to the Staff
Jumper31 New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 03/19/2019 10:59 am I know but it still not right for anyone to destroy a beautiful coin no matter the reasons. This will be the last and only coin that I make worthless other than gold value. I would have never done it if people where more helpful instead of thinking they already know it's not real because the market is flooded with them. Thank for giving your opinion even if you think I was not to smart in doing what I did Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4591 Posts	Posted 03/19/2019 1:13 pm If you are sending them to be graded, the one you damage by cutting into OR scratching it to do the acid test will be destroyed of numismatic value forever. Just send them in. The TPG will do non-destructive testing, much of which you can do yourself - weight, diameter, thickness, specific gravity. And confirm genuine or return as fake. If they aren't sure, they have the XRF to test further. At least all you waste is the grading fee, not 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
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