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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2110211, member: 112&quot;]Precisely, and the continuation of that is - if you <u>did not</u> put teeth marks into the coin, it was genuine. Yet most think the exact opposite and are completely unaware of the truth. Of course they think this because everybody says gold is soft. And yeah, gold is soft, compared to most other metals. But that is the key - most other metals. </p><p><br /></p><p>In point of fact gold is pretty durable, it wears well, last a long time, it can easily be bent, shaped, or hammered into all sorts of designs, and to a degree it is impervious to the effects of nature. All of these qualities make it ideal for jewelry and adornment. Short and sweet, gold is not near as &quot;soft&quot; as most folks seem to think it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve used these pictures to illustrate several other things, but they can also be used to show just how durable gold really is.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]398419[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]398420[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That coin is made of the same alloy that almost all US gold coins were made of. And yeah, it shows wear. But it took 7 years of being carried around in my pocket with a pocket knife and at least 4 quarters, (and at times various other change), every day 7 days a week for it to attain that much wear. That coin was rubbed, handled, treated the same as any other coin would be, it was even &quot;flipped&quot; and allowed to hit the floor far more times than I can count. </p><p><br /></p><p>And yet look at it. There are no dings, dents, scratches, gouges, or anything other than normal wear. And it is also a good illustration of what happens to the weight of a coin that undergoes normal wear. Metal is not worn away and off the coin as a lot think it is. That coin, in that condition, only lost three thousandths of a gram (0.003) of weight after all that wear. In other words, it weighed the same as it did the day it was minted. The point being, coins do not lose weight from wear, not until the wear is very advanced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold is tough, even in its pure form. But is made even tougher and harder by adding small amounts of copper to it. What you see above is shows just how tough it actually is. And no, that&#039;s not the only example either. That coin had several predecessors, other AGE&#039;s that were carried around in my pocket for quite a few years before I decided to finally spend them and get another. And the results were always the same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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