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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pepperoni, post: 739667, member: 5520&quot;]Asian jewelry makers India etc. like to use a known product and like to be able to manipulate it from a given state. Say .999 has nothing but gold . USA and S/A use alloys to make very clean strikes.To do this they use 22K or 91.67 gold to alloy. Each uses a different alloy. Removing the alloy is another step to get pure gold.</p><p>Jewelery is best and strongest at 18K . Coloring and other choices come into play also. If they want they can do their on mix and eliminate a time consuming step.It is about service and giving the consumer what they wish.</p><p>For investment sake as long as there is a stated amount of gold in a coin it matters little if is has alloy or not. A 22K US coin weighs more than say a .999 Austrian Philharmonic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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