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photo of 1956 califonia gold coin

kelskels Posts: 11
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this is the coin i have .i found the photo on ebay but its the same thing ! same year !
kels

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  • prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    It's not a coin, it is a token... not worth an exceptional amount, may not even be gold.
    image
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    image gold gets dark on the high/rub locations - probably die-struck copy and would have to weigh or get specific gravity to see if really gold - it could be bronze - hope it didn't cost you alot image
  • kelskels Posts: 11
    well my token is dark ..i just found that photo ..we had this thing for years we did not buy it ,i was just wondering what it really was ..
    kels

    http://kapjhs.tripod.com/
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Even though it is just a token, it's still pretty cool.image

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,654 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Brass, actually.

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  • kelskels Posts: 11
    ya i think it is some thing to look at you should see the size of this its tiny .image its something diffferent .. brass is cool ....gold or what ever ....its something you do not see every day image i got loads of half dollars and silver and buffalo nickels and mercury dimes .pennys my dad gave me 5 full water jugs of wheat pennys i need to go look at and one big sent ..but the califonia gold bugged me ! plus sivler certificates i have .. this token bugged me i new nothing of it and what it was .! i learned alot reading up on it there is one on ebay he starts bidding at $9.99 ..i do not trust ebay never brought or sold anything on there ...i just lurk and look ! im really into cameras ..
    kels

    http://kapjhs.tripod.com/
  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    Looks like an 1856, not 1956 gold token, many of these were sold as souveniers---------BigE
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  • calgolddivercalgolddiver Posts: 1,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Following are several reference websites for cal gold. One of particular interest for the topic posted is the second one. This site is a very comprehensive catalog of most known 'tokens' aka fakes. The author of the site has spent many years cataloging the fakes as well as the authentic. There are a great number of fakes sold on ebay similar to this one. There are also many authentic pieces (certified - no question) but there are raw pieces available. You just need to know what you are looking at. Besides these websites (with great pictures and content) there are two good refernece books for calgold :

    California Gold by Kenneth Lee

    California Pioneer Fractional Gold by Walter Breen

    and the websites :


    calgold

    token examples

    another cal site

    and also there are some pics in my registry set :
    Top 25 Type Set 1792 to present

    Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set

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