Why do people do these thing to such nice coin why should they?:foot-mouth::rollling::yes::smile:hail::devil::dead-horse::thumb::welcome::headbang::goofer::too-funny::b8nce::whistle::nice-smile::stormy::nerd::too-cool-for:dd::eating::evilGrin::so-sad::help!A::loud::halo2:
First of all, we need a better pic. I can't tell what coin that is and it may be the normal color. How do you know it is gold plated???
I firmly believe they plate things just to P me off,lol. some people have no taste is closer to the truth. however I can't tell what is in your hand in the pic
Earlier this week a friend showed me a gold plated collection of all the state quarters. They were in a real nice case and were attractive and expensive. All I said was thats nice, but what I really wanted to say is, "why". Its nothing but a scam for people who don't know any better and who think they're getting something special. How much gold is actually on 100 quarters? 3 bucks maybe?
New Dutch 5 euro coins actualy come from the bank silver plated but a lot of other stuff is plated to attract those who realy know nothing about coins so will pay for rubbish
I think the main reason that people put gold plate on silver coins or anything else is to have an excuse to charge a higher price on a particular silver coin or any other particular coin. This is just a guess on my part.
In 1883 the V nickle had 2 varieties "without cents" & with the "CENTS". The "without cents" variety was gold plated and passed as a $5 gold piece. When I started collecting in the 1950's these fakes were popular and sought by collectors. So of course someone started gold plating all years of V nickles and tried to sell them as the faked variety. I bought one, knowing what it was because I though a gold plated V nickle was cool ! lol I kept it, because it didn't have a lot of value, but knowing the story it has been a conversation piece. Other than that, I have no idea why anyone would want to gold plate their coins or bronze their gold medals ? gary
Turns out more than you might think. And of course it also depends on the thickness of the plating. But with rough figures and the following assumptions, plating 1/10,000 of an inch thick, and gold at $1,275 an oz, a gold plated quarter has .05 grams of gold on it and the gold is worth $2.05 So 100 plated quarters contains $205 worth of gold. I'm starting to wonder whether or not it might be getting worth it to start buying up these "worthless" gold plated quarters and doing some reverse electroplating?
