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New Member
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Hi everyone, I purchased this gold coin today. The seller didn't have any information on it. I brought it at a flea market. I found it really interesting because of it's extremely small size. I also wanted to add a gold coin to my collection.   |
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 United States
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@PH, first welcome to CCF. Second, while the overall design is somewhat similar to a $20 St. Gaudens, this clearly is not one of those. How sure are you that it is actually made from gold? Lastly, for completeness, please post the diameter and weight of this piece. Thx.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a cheaply made novelty token. I doubt that it is made of gold. Probably not worth more than a dollar or so.
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New Member
 United States
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Edited by PrinceHarbinger
03/24/2019 6:07 pm
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United States
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@PH, could you please post an accurate weight and diameter? Not sticking to a magnet is a good start.
"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
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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If I understand correctly, the coin is showing 0.0 ounce on a postal scale?
This would likely mean the mass is less than 1.4 grams, which isn't helpful in ascertaining whether it is gold or not. A gold coin which is half the diameter of a penny as shown, and half its thickness would weigh less than a gram I think, and hence register 0.0 oz on this scale.
Of course, so would a gold plated coin, or one made from brass.
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Valued Member
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found the almost same coin on line sold by the pound. they are usually tungsten with gold plating
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These gold "minatures" were mass-produced in Mexico back in the 1960s to the 1980s. There were numerous manufacturers, of varying artistic effort. They are usually made of solid gold, though 8 or 14 karat is normal. They were originally intended as jewellery pieces, though they found that selling them as-is to tourists worked just as well. I remember a local mail-order coin dealer here in Australia selling them for $8 each, back when gold spiked at $600/ounce in the early 1980s.
They replicated the designs of not just Mexican and American gold coins, but common gold coins of other countries too. The mail-order advert I rcall had six or eight different designs on offer. The American ones, of course, were more popular (and thus are more commonly found) in America. So yes, a "cheap way to own a gold coin" - even though it's not a genuine gold coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's not a coin at all. It would be a stretch to even call it a medal. Trinket probably the best term and that's being nice.
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You can buy 5 of them, right now on ebay for $3.95 total with free shipping. There have been claims that they are 8 or 14 kt gold, but you wouldn't be selling them at that price if that were true. I believe they are gold plated brass, containing virtually NO GOLD. They are about .001 kt gold. |
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