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Hello all. I am doing some checking for a friend. He picked this up... Nixon silver and gold coins? The gold has "900" on the bottom of the reverse, and the silver has "1000", signifying the metal content? He showed some people locally, and he was told probably a German-ish mint, possibly when Nixon was visiting there? Anybody have any ideas? Also, he was told it is probably supposed to be Nov 5, 1968, since they switch the month and day over there. That was the day Nixon was elected. Thanks! Jordan   Edited by jdheyne
04/05/2006 10:57 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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maybe some kind of memorial medal or token? I dont know just guessing here. I will keep track of this thread to see what the experts say
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Australia
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Just a guess, but it could be a campaign fund raiser as the date is election day.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Check out the markings under Nixons neck, that could be a clue from where its from.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A rather "Tricky" situation. Nixon wasn't the president on 5/11/68 Unless they transposed it from 11/5. Or unless Europeans date things like the U.S Military, reversing the month and day. Is that how Europeans do it? Even so he's still not the president until the Chief Justice says he is and that's not until 1/69.
The silver piece looks pretty poorly cleaned.
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04/06/2006 01:28 am
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Yes, the European use the date in a Day/Month/Year order (actually I know no other nation than the American that uses M/D/Y order?). About the coin, I only can guess it is not a Russian mintage  Edited by RenaL
04/06/2006 02:45 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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As far as I know, only America uses M/D/Y dating
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Australia
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I hope they don't use that portrait of Nixon on the presidential $1 coin series. Ugly.
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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Cool!!
But doesn't look so good!
Maybe old campaign token?
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quote:
Originally posted by grendelfreak
As far as I know, only America uses M/D/Y dating
How's come America has to be so different that everyone else. The Date... measurements... We should go to metric... so much easier. Kilometer, 1000 meters. 1 mile, 5000 something feet? Whats between 3mm and 5mm? Easy, 4mm. Whats between 3/8 and 1/2? 7/16, fairly easy, but not nearly as easy as mm. I seem to be in a minority when I say we should use the metric scale... but it's just because we are not used to it yet. Sorry, nothing coin related about this. Just thought I would share what I think. |
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they are teaching metric but also the old american standard as well
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Anyone else have any say on this. Would you believe them to be actual gold and silver?
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They are not Clad are they. LOL. But they could be gold plated. There are a few ways of testing if it's gold, as discussed in this recent topic. https://goccf.com/t/4700 |
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The silver coin is for sure silver.
The gold coin however... still unsure.
Is there anybody I could send this to that would be able to let me know if it is gold or not?
I took it to a jeweler... he said it has a good weight, but on the edge it has "brushing" which can be a characteristic of being plated.
So if there is somebody who would be willing to take a look, if it is real I would make it worth your time...
My gut says yes it is real, since the silver coin was. I don't think they would have made a real silver coin, then a fake gold...
Thanks for your time,
Jordan
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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how would you test it to see if it were real or not? the Acid test? or is there another way? I am sure there has to be another way but would like to know what they are
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United States
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Richard Nixon was elected on 5 November 1968.  He took the Office of President on 20 January 1969. Of course Americans do everything the hard way (not backwards, mind you). We learned it from our grandparents in Britain, from time immemorial. You'd think a nation enlightened enough to produce the Magna Carta and to be among the first to abolish slavery in the empire, could at least get it together to drive on the correct side of the street!  What a mystery! I'm really surprised that so far, NO ONE here has any info on these tokens. The gold appears to be gold and the silver or pewter or whatever it is looks solid. I'd really be surprised to find out that these "coins" were minted in the USSR, who, in 1969 anyway, didn't seem to have a more energetic nemesis than Tricky Dick. |
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