Richard Nixon Gold And Silver Coin - 5-11-1968

I too am suprised that no one here knows anything about these.
These were showed to a local multi-millionaire who just collects presidential medals and that kind of stuff... he had no clue on them.

I am very sure the larger one to be silver, not pewter or anything else.

Also, the local Jeweler said most the time the numbers on gold are like 960 something, or close around there (I cannot remember for sure), not 900...?

It would just be so much easier. Normally people will cuss if they are working on something and it is a metric... only because we aren't used to it. I say switch everything.

Back to the topic at hand, I also posted on another forum... let's see what happens:
http://www.coinpeople.com/Dick-Nixo...D-t9125.html

Well in any case, this is not U.S.
Definately overseas, probably the europe/german area

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Originally posted by longnine009

The copper spotting would be a good sign that it is gold.

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Oh really? Is that a fairly common thing?

jdheyne, you are probably referring to electroplating. It is basically the process of plating an item with a thin layer of metal by means of electric current.


from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating
The process used in electroplating is called electrodeposition. The item to be coated is placed into a container containing a solution of one or more metal salts. The item is connected to an electrical circuit, forming the cathode (negative) of the circuit while an electrode typically of the same metal to be plated forms the anode (positive). When an electrical current is passed through the circuit, metal ions in the solution are attracted to the item. The result is a layer of metal on the item. However, considerable skill and craft-technique is required to assure an evenly-coated finished product.