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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2095092, member: 27832&quot;]Remember that these coins are made from a gold/copper <i>alloy</i>, specifically <i>because</i> it&#039;s harder and more wear-resistant than pure gold. (Same deal with coin silver vs. .999 silver.) Coin gold is still softer than other metals, but not by as much as you may think.</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked around a bit for actual hardness numbers, but it may take an actual metallurgist to turn those up. I did find this entertaining piece, though:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.silverseek.com/article/99-pure-silver-coins-are-junk-12322" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silverseek.com/article/99-pure-silver-coins-are-junk-12322" rel="nofollow">http://www.silverseek.com/article/99-pure-silver-coins-are-junk-12322</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The author tries to make the point that ASEs aren&#039;t &quot;hard&quot; money, because they&#039;re too &quot;soft&quot; to be used in circulation. The point he <i>actually</i> makes is that, no matter what topic you pick, you can find someone to rant about it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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