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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3433844, member: 99642&quot;]Condor101 is absolutely correct about those two tells from my experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If it&#039;s got a Bear, Leave it there.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as purity goes :</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Without a Number, It&#039;s way Under.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though many of these &quot;coins&quot; or &quot;tokens&quot; were actually made of gold, without doing some form of on-the-spot-assay you don&#039;t know what you&#039;re getting.</p><p>Even the real gold ones are low quality/low karat gold, usually around 9Kt , at best.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, study and learn to recognize the fakes, then, study some more to learn to recognize the real ones.</p><p>Be aware that only about 6% (if memory serves) of all California Gold pieces out there are actually real California Gold pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>The link posted by GDJMSP is a good one but there are many sources for info. Just google &quot;California Gold pieces&quot; and you&#039;ll find lots of reading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember to Study first, Buy second.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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