Is this a fractional gold coin?

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  1. Fleshgrl02

    Fleshgrl02 Member

    What is this? I tested it and it was 14k
     

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  3. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Looks like a $1.00 gold Liberty round coin. Minted by a private mint, not the US mint. A California gold piece from the gold rush. Should be in the Red Book.
     
  4. ElishaCollectsForever

    ElishaCollectsForever Young Man Collector

    A fractional gold coin is any gold coin that weighs under 1 troy ounce, so the answer to your question would be yes. !4 K means that you're coin is 58% gold. I'm not sure if its a fake of some coin, or just a coin I've never seen. It definitely not U.S. coinage, because the only coin they had then that was $1 gold was the Indian Princess Head. Hope that helps.
     
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  5. l.cutler

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  6. Randy Abercrombie

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  7. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    You're thinking of fractional bullion rounds. California fractional gold is a whole separate topic, covering gold coins that represented a fraction of a dollar. (Pre-1933 ten-dollar gold eagles are well under an ounce, but we don't call them "fractional"!)
     
  8. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    @ElishaCollectsForever
    Jeff hit this one. It’s a privately minted California gold piece that circulated in the U.S. during the coin shortage of the gold rush days.
     
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  9. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    It looks like the 1 is over 4. So not a dollar. But yes on fractional.
    IDK if it is real or not, this is a very heavily faked area. It looks good.
     

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