I wanna see if anyone here knows of any gold coins that are thick compared to their diameter. It just seems like a gold coin should be thick and beefy. One I've seen is the gold British pound coins, but I'm looking for something more along the lines of a bullion coin rather than a numismatic item, possibly even a medal or privately minted piece.
I don't know if this applies to the gold bullion coins but I do know: The silver Mexican Libertad bullion coins seem very "beefy" and thick for their diameter to me. It gives those coins a very unique and solid feel.
Look for coins with the word piedfort in the description - they struck on planchets twice as thick as normal.
Yes, try looking for piedfort gold coins but I assume they will be very pricy as I don't think there are many bullion coins minted in such way.
How could they be twice a thick without twice the gold. Gold has a very specific specific gravity. Ruben
Ruben, the defination of piedfort is as it is - it is struck twice the thickness, as in, if a normal planchet is an ounce, a piedfort planchet is 2 ounces - the diameter doesn't change but the thickness is doubled.
I may be wrong here, but aren't a few of the pattern gold pieces residing in the Smithsonian very thick compared to standard circulation and proof gold?
That's a good question, but not one I have the definite answer to. Personally, I have not heard of any. But then I am not well versed on patterns, so there may be.
