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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ordinary Fool, post: 2788611, member: 85318&quot;]In the most general sense, it is far more likely that whomever mounted that in no cheap bezel many, many years ago, flash plated the reverse of the coin as opposed to actually polishing it. Now it most likely was cleaned prior, and maybe harshly so, but, the back is plated with rhodium most very likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>This piece of jewelry did not come out of some roadside tourist stop.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot see enough from the blurry picture to even remotely suggest if the bezel (or it&#039;s wax mold) was ordered from a findings catalog or a one-off carved piece of wax then poured by a goldsmith.</p><p><br /></p><p>There isn&#039;t enough detail revealed to remotely determine if the goldsmith was actually &quot;somebody&quot;, and that is possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the only logical answer I can think of to my question for the OP ignoring it&#039;s color being not yellow, if it is indeed not yellow, is the OP just snapped two pretty indifferent pictures (the OP would certainly take more pains if the intent was to list on ebay) and posted them and that was the extent of due care or notice.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would actually seem more credible if people presenting as though they are going to offer meaningful opinions, to ask such posters to at least attempt uploading in focus pictures taken from a steady device, first.</p><p><br /></p><p>It isn&#039;t that hard to do and since this is a comparatively large piece of jewelry having some potential value and not a tiny dime, it is that much easier to adequately photograph.</p><p><br /></p><p>Making any calls on this as shown here would be like handing it to an appraiser and insisting his or her glasses were smeared with crisco prior to inspecting it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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