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YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 11, 2021 9:46AM in U.S. Coin Forum

A jeweler friend of mine has referred a customer to me to possibly buy several St. Gaudens $20’s.
What is the best authentication method? Weight/Mass?
What should authentic coins weigh ?

Yorkshireman,Obsessed collector of round, metallic pieces of history.Hunting for Latin American colonial portraits plus cool US & British coins.

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,557 ✭✭✭✭✭

    33.436 grams
    34mm Diameter
    2.41mm thickness

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  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 11, 2021 7:00AM

    Thanks> @Kliao said:

    33.436 grams
    34mm Diameter
    2.41mm thickness

    Yorkshireman,Obsessed collector of round, metallic pieces of history.Hunting for Latin American colonial portraits plus cool US & British coins.
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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And a magnet, cause ya never know. Peace Roy

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,100 ✭✭✭✭✭

    FWIW, many counterfeit gold coins are of the correct weight, diameter and gold content.

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  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the advice folks.
    She ended up selling them already so I don’t have to worry about it (this time).
    I’m almost relieved.

    Yorkshireman,Obsessed collector of round, metallic pieces of history.Hunting for Latin American colonial portraits plus cool US & British coins.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They appear to be real. The 1909/8 and 1913-S are better dates. Suggest have the owner get them slabbed by NGC or PCGS.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    graded coins are cool and you'll have a peace of mind

  • CryptoCrypto Posts: 3,673 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    They appear to be real. The 1909/8 and 1913-S are better dates. Suggest have the owner get them slabbed by NGC or PCGS.

    Perry Hall is correct, they look nice too although low res tends to look like mint frost sometimes

  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They sold before I could set meeting.

    Yorkshireman,Obsessed collector of round, metallic pieces of history.Hunting for Latin American colonial portraits plus cool US & British coins.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Yorkshireman said:
    They sold before I could set meeting.

    :'(

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Raw gold is risky these days.... In addition to the above parameters, if such a deal comes around again, have them checked on a Sigma machine. Of course, as noted above, some counterfeits are gold, though probably not full purity. Cheers, RickO

  • ɹoʇɔǝlloɔɹoʇɔǝlloɔ Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭✭✭

    agree

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Raw gold is risky these days....

    For sure!!

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 32,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Did Authority start to question you back?

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