How much gold in 1/2 california token
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I cannot seem to find online how much gold is in a 1/2 gold token from california. Coin is liberty/ bear octagon and 11.3 mm. Any help on gold weight (agw) would be awesome!
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If there is no denomination (1/2_ dollar_, 1/4 dollar, 1/2 DOL., 1/4 D.), especially if there is a bear on the reverse, it is almost certainly a token / fake / facsimile and is gold plated at best.
https://www.coinworld.com/voices/gerald-tebben/fake_california_gold.html
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Mine is graded by ngc and is 1/2
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We had some that tested as 14 karat.
Slabbed as a token? Does it have a BG number?
NGC does slab the "tokens" which are indeterminate in composition and could be plated as mentioned above.
Did you know Stacks Bowers is having an auction featuring "1859" California Gold Token. Round 1/2. Liberty / Bear #2b. MS-67 (NGC).
They had quite a few today. I ended up getting one on an impulse buy lol!
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They may have no gold at all.
http://www.calgoldcoin.com/oldhtml/bears.htm
Yes, I saw them. Quite high grade.
I almost bid myself. It's just so hard to know about most of them. The souvenirs were made over about 100 years by multiple sources.
Oops! At least I know my type 2 gold dollar I won has gold
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Mine was 1858 and top pop. Ms 66. Gotta be worth something. If you were tempted, that makes me feel better about buying one lol!
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I thought you mind find it interesting. Here is one ungraded that sold at pristine auction house.
https://www.pristineauction.com/a1138778-1857-12-Dollar-Bear-California-Gold-Piece-Coin
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They are dated 1858, but could have been made in the 1960s. Just really hard to know.
When I worked in a shop mid 1990’s those tokens came in a set, best guess 8 to 10 tokens, in a fancy capital holder type holder . They retailed for about 8 bucks.
Those were the modern, gold plated replica tokens. NGC does not certify them at all.
It depends on the time period they were made and who manufactured them. Most made in the 1960's and later are gold plated brass or just plain brass.
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Here's my 1960's set. They look pretty nice for a novelty.
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Very cool. They are what they are. No need to think of them as anything but a fun little collectible.