1982 American Prospector Engelhard Round

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vruis New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 04/07/2009 11:30 pm I have a 1982 american prospector engelhard round 1/2 troy ounce 24 Karat 999.9 pure Looks just like the silver rounds all over e-bay can't seem to find any info on it except for what I have read in this forum any other info out there thanks Report this Post to the Staff

vruis New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 04/07/2009 11:36 pm i have a 1982 american prospector round 1/2 troy ounce 999.9 pure 24 Karat gold any info that I could get on this would be great thanks Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/07/2009 11:38 pm Did Engelhard make gold? ... Do you have a pic? And better yet, why not create your own thread? And to the forums! Report this Post to the Staff
vruis New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 04/08/2009 05:41 am I will try and get a photo on here soon but the round I have is engelhard and has the prospector image on it. dated 1982 has U.S.A. and says The American Gold Prospector on one side of it, On the other Engelhard 24 Karat is over the Engelhard logo and below it 999.9 pure and half troy ounce fine gold Report this Post to the Staff
Chump_Change Pillar of the Community United States 618 Posts	Posted 04/08/2009 07:45 am Nice. and Welcome to the board. Report this Post to the Staff
Morgans Dad Pillar of the Community United States 5603 Posts	Posted 04/10/2009 7:08 pm I would love to see a picture of this coin, I have only one of the Engelhard rounds, the American Prospector-1985 in 1 Troy ounce Silver and I think these are very nicely designed pieces, please share the Gold Round picture with us all, thanks, Mike Report this Post to the Staff
highroller4321 Valued Member United States 187 Posts	Posted 04/12/2009 12:01 am Engelhard made 1/10 oz and 1 ounce rounds. I'm not sure if they made 1/2oz rounds or not Report this Post to the Staff
bigfoot567 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 05/13/2010 9:49 pm I got a few "reworked" Englehard Prospectors on ebay a few years ago. They had been "altered" by someone carefully removing the "silver" word and then overlaying the coin nicely with gold...trying to pass these off as gold bullion I guess. I got them at less than the silver spot price at the time. Did some online research and could find nothing about Prospetors in gold vs silver. Took them into a local small coin shop and after the guy looked at them he freaked out, quickly backed up and acted like I brought in a mayo jar full of anthrax. I only asked him for any details or ID help as I'm no coin expert. He said he wouldn't touch them with a 10 pole and stood well away from me, as I left with his eyes bugging out. Guess I'll toss these in the lake...but wait....isn't there some 99.9% silver under that thin gold veneer? and that's worth something, huh? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 05/13/2010 9:56 pm Englehard did make gold rounds and bars until they stopped to make silver.That is why the prospector is still on the silver rounds. Report this Post to the Staff
bigfoot567 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 05/13/2010 10:02 pm maybe I better drop by a different coin shop.? Now I have to go find where I stashed them around here. (but it does appear that some sort of "reworking" was done to these coins by someone...and they are clearly "Prospectors" as I have a few of the regular silver ones in excellent shape to compare to.) Thanks for the info, sir. Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 05/15/2010 2:32 pm At one time I had a couple of the 1984 1 oz. prospectors that had the word "silver" ground off then gold plated. You could tell where the word silver had been. I sold them few months back when silver was high. Report this Post to the Staff
RPT Pillar of the Community United States 920 Posts	Posted 05/15/2010 3:08 pm vruis: to the forum! Report this Post to the Staff
Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 05/15/2010 3:17 pm Depending on the year, it is entirely possible that someone goofed with them but originally Englehard did nothing but gold.They only started doing silver in the late 80's.I don't believe that they even do gold anymore.The crazy thing was that they kept the prospector on the products as we all know, you don't pan silver.Hahaha Report this Post to the Staff
silverado Valued Member United States 187 Posts	Posted 06/11/2010 12:56 am Quote: Depending on the year, it is entirely possible that someone goofed with them but originally Englehard did nothing but gold.They only started doing silver in the late 80's.I don't believe that they even do gold anymore.The crazy thing was that they kept the prospector on the products as we all know, you don't pan silver.Hahaha Good Info Halfwitty....... Report this Post to the Staff
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