Gold Coin

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• RYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 21, 2003 1:32PM

  It looks like a reproduction that has little or no numismatic value.

  My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132

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• ursabear Posts: 1,888

  August 21, 2003 1:35PM

  It depends upon what it means to you. Numismatically, it has very low value ($10.50 - not too far off).
  
  It has a lot of "neat" value and it looks nice, and that is probably its greatest value. It is gold-plated and not truly gold...

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• windwhispersintrees Posts: 605 ✭✭✭

  August 21, 2003 1:53PM

  You've bought it at less than the suggested retail price of $24.95, so you've saved some money. That'd be a good buy.
  If you enjoy it for what it is, then it's a good buy. A good conversation piece to have fun with.
  
  As a coin investment, it's a poor buy: It is not made by US Mint, but rather a reproduction. According to the National Collector's Mint website, "Composition:..10 mil 24 KT Gold Clad Base." Meaning it's made of .010" of gold plating over some non-precious metal.
  
  I thought this company's website is very deceptive , and attempts to make buyers think the offerings are US Mint products, instead of reproductions.
  National Collector's Mint "gold" coin

  "A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes"--Hugh Downs
  

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• xdiscopimp Posts: 34

  August 21, 2003 2:04PM

  I'm new at colecting coins but here's the link it said pure... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3041301455&category=3355
  
  

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• ddink Posts: 2,748

  August 21, 2003 2:06PM

  A pure gold coin would be worth several hundred dollars. This coin *is* pure gold--a few microns of 24k gold plates the entire surface--it's a marketing gimmick.
  
  P.S. I checked out the auction and they are including a "Certificate of Authenticity." I love it when they make a COA for a fake coin!

  I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."

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• Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭

  August 21, 2003 4:33PM

  Yes it says "10 mil pure gold proof" but what that means is it a proof with a layer of pure gold ten thousandths of an inch thick.

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