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What's the composition of the 50 peso?

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The Mexican bullion piece. I know they're .900 gold and contain 1.2057 ounces of pure gold. But what's the rest of the material?
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  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    The common alloy for non-24K gold is copper. Not sure about the Mexican but I would wager that guess.
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • danglendanglen Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭


    << <i> The common alloy for non-24K gold is copper. Not sure about the Mexican but I would wager that guess. >>



    I agree image
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