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<p>[QUOTE="teh_admiral, post: 3255757, member: 99788"]Hi CT community!</p><p><br /></p><p>I just received my "gold" sovereign from APMEX bought through Ebay (thank goodness for their counterfeit return policy!)</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a 1907 Edward sovereign, but when scratch and acid tested it only tests at 75% = 18k gold, not the 22k/91.67% gold that sovereigns are supposed to be minted at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just how fake is this coin? Tungsten core with thick gold plating to register at 18k/75%? A forgery with 75%? A genuine sovereign but the minter diluted a batch?</p><p><br /></p><p>It is obviously more copper when sat atop my 22k 8 escudo, but would a faker go to the trouble of making it 75%?</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm waiting to see how APMEX responds through Ebay; I'm also protected by American Express thank goodness, but we'll see who says what first...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="teh_admiral, post: 3255757, member: 99788"]Hi CT community! I just received my "gold" sovereign from APMEX bought through Ebay (thank goodness for their counterfeit return policy!) It's a 1907 Edward sovereign, but when scratch and acid tested it only tests at 75% = 18k gold, not the 22k/91.67% gold that sovereigns are supposed to be minted at. Just how fake is this coin? Tungsten core with thick gold plating to register at 18k/75%? A forgery with 75%? A genuine sovereign but the minter diluted a batch? It is obviously more copper when sat atop my 22k 8 escudo, but would a faker go to the trouble of making it 75%? I'm waiting to see how APMEX responds through Ebay; I'm also protected by American Express thank goodness, but we'll see who says what first...[/QUOTE]
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