These are cuff links that I found in a storage unit. They have a lot of the same markings as an Atocha coin. The gold on the cuff link says 14K. The other side of each coin is very worn, not as legible. How will I know if they are real? And How much would they be worth? I would like to make a pendant with one of them. Cindy
If that is what you wish to do than do what makes you happy. :thumb: By the way do you collect coins? Oh yeah Welcome to CoinTalk
They aren't real, those are modern reproductions. If they have any value at all it would be based on gold content only. Assuming there is any gold.
Just looking at them. Once you become familiar with coins like these it is often obvious when you see a fake. For one thing they are too perfect in design and roundness. For another the surface of the coins, they were cast not struck which you can tell by the roughness of the surfaces. For another thing what you paid for them -$5. Nobody is going to sell anything they even remotely think may be gold for $5. So it seems obvious that the seller knew they were fake.
