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My friend works in a convenient store and she has come across $10 1/4 oz. pure cold coin someone gave her for a nickel. Its right at the same size as the nickel and it is silver in color. Maybe white gold I don't know. To the right of walking liberty on the obverse it looks like roman numerals. cant find a date on it, but all of what I wrote about it has it on the coin. united states of america, epu also. I only took a quick glance at it. Can someone tell me what coin this is and if its worth anything. She might sell it to me?
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Have you tried looking for a $10 gold coin online ? Just put in 1986 as the date.Sounds like one that is currently minted except for the color...that sounds suspicious.The roman numerals are the date. Weight should be 8.48 grams,and diameter 22mm. How do you know it's pure gold ?
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I think a photo would be a great help,,MCMVII may be the date,,
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It says 1/4 oz pure gold on the coin. Ever heard of a white gold coin maybe?
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That is what she wrote down as the roman numerals for me I just didn't know if she was correct.
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She is deterned that I will lose it. I am gonna have to talk her into it. Lol
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The roman numerals MCMVII is 1907,,I think,,thats the first year or the guadens,,,sounds like some type of comm. coin,,
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killians76...does it say "pure gold" on the coin ?
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"Pure gold" is, well, gold in colour. "White gold" is made white by diluting it with either silver or platinum to below 80% purity, neither of which happens with US gold bullion or circulating coins.
I'd say what you've got is either a fake/replica/play money coin or a genuine gold coin that somebody's painted, plated or otherwise turned silvery-colour, for reasons unknown. That's not something that people normally try to do to gold.
Weight and pics would help determine which of these scenarios is more likely to be true.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Thank y'all very much. I will try to get it from her to get pics.
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Posted 02/03/2011 9:00 pm
