Gold Buffalos Difference in color

Interesting but if you're sure their both real then you have nothing to worry about. That said, just don't try to sell them together as it may create a problem.

 

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It is an unusual dilemma, but i did notice one was raw and the other
Certified, maybe worth the money to have it checked out for nothing
Else a piece of mind

 

99.999% gold (which is what .999 means) contains 00.001% not gold.

 

22k is 91.67% gold

 

22 Parts Gold, 2 Parts Alloy Mettle = 22k

 

I would, there are way too many fakes around, so I'm super cautious. Even the slabbed one and even if it verifies on the NGC website, I would still have it tested as you never know.

 

I think the issue is, where you come from, some people consider .999
24k, i however add in the extra digit .999.9 as seen here on my
Queens beast Red Dragon and drop the .9 for anything else, easy
To follow

 

To add to the above there are no markings of purity on the krugger
What are they going to say .910, not very impressive
However to me 1 OZ of gold is 1 OZ of gold no matter how you say it

 

No, no, no!

.999 = 99.9% gold = 0.1% other material.

.9999 = 99.99% gold = 0.01% other material.

This is correct.

 

It does if you get it pure enough.
I have some .999999 fine medical gold, and it's getting there.

 

Nope. They are both considered pure gold. 22kt is 22/24 pure, or 91.66666666% gold.

 

Nope. .999 = 99.9%. you can't add extra numbers. 999 atoms of gold to 1 atom of another metal.
99.999% would be .99999 fine. Only Canada sells that.

 

I would trust the raw one more than the slabbed one. If I can hold it I can tell a lot about it. You can hide a lot of things inside plastic.

 

I just love it when we get down to the ultra low fractions
But at the end of the day , it,s how you describe something
That may be different and that has allot to do with where your
From and the terminology used in this case, dont argue with
The " Queen "

 

There are differences in terminology, and then there are errors.

 

mpcusa is wrong, terminology is universal, so is the math.

I would love for him to explain how many karats a ducat is and how pure they are...?

 

Thank you, this is what I was getting at. There were some wild claims made previously.

 

Each karat represents 4.16% purity.

 

Then why not just leave the .9 out, will just call everything .999 and
Be done with it, Canada labels there coins this way also English coins
As well ( Maples, Queens beast, etc ) it,s how there labeled is more
The issue.

 

Because .999 has 0.1% non-gold content, and .9999 has 0.01% non-gold content, and those are different!

Now, if you're asking why anyone would care whether their gold coin is .999 or .9999, I'm afraid that answer is outside the scope of chemistry.