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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;10gary22, post: 1471281, member: 23626&quot;]Hey, I don;t know about this particular coin. BUT US gold coins have been faked by making the fakes out of gold forever ! If the collectibility of a coin is worth more than the gold, it&#039;s often faked ! The reason gold is used it for the reasons you give. People do not suspect a gold coin to be fake if it&#039;s gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>But say a St. Gaudens $20 gold coin could be worth $250,000 USD or more. An ounce of gold is $1600. So If I were to fake one, I sure wouldn;t scrimp on the metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe your coin is in one of those situations ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I am thinking that even in 1875, the German Mint was highly unlikely to put too much gold in a coin. Probably less likely to do so than a counterfeiter. I imagine that&#039;s what caused their suspicisions. And they won;t certify it unless they are positive.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like their attitude.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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