How is a 1oz Buffalo bigger than a 1oz AGE?

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  1. Gam3rBlake

    Gam3rBlake Well-Known Member

    This really confuses me.

    I was buying a capsule for a 1 oz Gold Buffalo and I noticed it had the same 32.7mm diameter as a 1oz Gold Eagle.

    But when I looked at the thickness the Buffalo is thicker at 2.95mm compared to the Gold Eagle’s 2.87mm.

    If a 1 oz Gold Buffalo is .9999 fine and an AGE is only .9167 fine but has 1 oz of gold in it plus some alloy metal (copper & silver) making up the difference how can the Buffalo be a bigger coin?

    Shouldn’t the AGE be bigger since it’s got 1 oz of gold like the Buffalo and 2 grams of other metals in it?

    Maybe it’s the coin design? That’s all I can think of.



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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Counterfeit? o_O
     
  4. Gam3rBlake

    Gam3rBlake Well-Known Member

    No definitely not counterfeit.

    It’s the official dimensions of the coins themselves.

    If APMEX says that a coin has X diameter and Y thickness that’s what they are.

    It’s not an individual coin I’m talking about.

    Every real Gold Buffalo will be larger than every real Gold Eagle and I’m just wondering how that’s possible.

    It would be like a 1 oz American Gold Eagle being bigger than a 1 oz American Silver Eagle even though logically that just can’t be since Gold is denser than silver and so gold coins are always smaller than silver coins of equal weight.

    A 1 oz American Silver Eagle just can’t be smaller than a 1 oz Gold Eagle.
     
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  5. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Ok buddy.. I'm just giving you some April Fool's day aggrevation.. I hope you find the answer you seek!
    Peace :angelic:
     
  6. David Betts

    David Betts Elle Mae Clampett cruising with Dad

    I've got no clue but enjoyed reading in depth product spec sheet
     
  7. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    Because the Buffalo eats more nuggets:smuggrin::smuggrin:.
     
  8. 51Caveman

    51Caveman Active Member

    What weighs more...a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks??
     
  9. UncleScroge

    UncleScroge Well-Known Member

    I'm certainly no expert, but I believe it has to do with the thickness/thinness of the field vs the thickness/thinness of the relief. If the field is much thinner on the Buffalo and the relief is much thicker, then there's your answer! Time to get out the micrometer.
     
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  10. FryDaddyJr

    FryDaddyJr Junior Member

    get a beaker and see how much each displaces
     
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  11. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    Okay, if you are going to argue about, I'll take them both and end the fighting. Gee whiz anyway.
     
  12. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Throw it against the ground if it bounces back
    up, you know it’s fake...LOL
     
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  13. Jim-P

    Jim-P Well-Known Member

    Different density?
     
  14. longnine009

    longnine009 Darwin has to eat too. Supporter

    It's a common problem. Obese electrons got into the metal mix.
     
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  15. Gam3rBlake

    Gam3rBlake Well-Known Member

    Oh my mistake xD. It’s hard to tell someone’s demeanor online because it’s just text with no facial expressions or tone of voice.
     
  16. Gam3rBlake

    Gam3rBlake Well-Known Member

    The Gold Buffalo should be more dense since it’s .9999 fine gold and the Gold Eagle is only .9167 fine gold.

    I just don’t understand how the Buffalo can be denser and larger than an AGE when the AGE has exactly the same amount of gold plus additional copper & silver.
     
  17. Gam3rBlake

    Gam3rBlake Well-Known Member

    I don’t have one to test. Lol
     
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  18. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Ok.. How about now.. :rolleyes:
     
  19. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

     
  20. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

    The chicken
     
  21. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

    Wow. Good idea
     
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