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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4356984, member: 101855"]A couple of days ago, someone asked me to show an example of "white gold." Here is the best I could do using photographs as opposed to showing you in person. [ATTACH=full]1101978[/ATTACH] The coin on the left, which is an 1842-C half eagle, is a piece of "white gold." The one on the right, which an 1860-D half eagle, is natural. The 1842-C was dipped, probably long ago, to make it brighter. The 1860-D is natural. Some collectors really distain "white gold." They refuse to touch it because they say it has lost "its soul." For me, it depends. The 1842-C half eagle is the more common large date variety, but it's still a very scarce coin. The 1860-D half eagle is a bit more common. The 1842-C still has a lot of luster and sharpness and is graded AU-58. The 1860-D is also an AU, but it's graded MS-62. To me really depends upon how the coin looks and the price. Unless you are ready to wait years and break the bank when you find it, sometimes "white gold" is for you. One word of caution, don't buy "white gold" thinking that it will CAC; it never will. There are things far worse than "white gold" in my opinion. These are the gold coins that have really been messed with. They look like brass, and I don't have any of those to show you because I refuse to buy them. I will close now and trie to field you comments or questions, if you have any.[/QUOTE]