1858 Quarter Eagle, Gold

WoW! so much help! Thanks.
Coin weight is about about 2.5 to 3 grams, on a kind of cheap,
Jewelers Security Products, scale.
As the real one would weigh 4.18 grams it looks worse and worse..
Rest assure I did not tap it hard at all as I did consider
the damage and I new he did not mean I should hammer it.

Let me just say, my luck does not run along the line of:
Find the lucky, amazing, valuable coin in the bunch.
I just thought it was worth a try. I found the right
place to ask for sure as you have all been so nice.
Yes, there are more coins and I will be asking questions so
expect more Dumb sounding questions from me....:)
don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about these
"pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters,halves,and
Morgans from heaven" but it is no easy task getting
to know your stuff, even a little bit!
So yes I'll be back, says THE COIN TERMINATOR,
in the mean time I am not tossing this coin but
I'll put it back in the safe so at a later date
someone else can worry about it..ha ha
good luck to them.
In the mean time I'll try another few coins..any suggestions :)
Morgans anyone?
Thanks to all of you again for your time.
G
p.s. when I ask about another type of coin or bill do I
have to go to another area of this site? or can
I ask about any coin / bill right here?
BOY, I'm a real handful of trouble, SORRY.