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Coin Collecting : How to Identify a Gold Coin

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Uploaded by on Nov 10, 2008

When trying to identify real gold coins, buy from a reputable dealer that has a certified appraiser. Identify gold coins and avoid buying them from estate sales with tips from the owner of an antique store in this free video on coin collecting.

Expert: Rui Farius
Bio: Rui Farias has over 20 years of experience in collecting antiques and coins, and 15 years of experience in buying and selling antiques.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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  • these are just precautions not identifcations he dosent even tell me how to test it with a sound test or anything

  • Great job with this one! Wow, this guy can probably talk for hours, on any subject, giving you absolutely no useful information! Thanks a whole lot!

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  • this guy has never seen a gold coin

  • Gold and brass can look alike. Gold would weigh more and be more expensive. Brass is usually found in our presidential dollars 2007 -.

  • @Ganbareg hes portugeuse and was born in portugal

  • Unfortunately there is no full proof way to determine if a gold coin is a fake without cutting it in half. Tungsten has the same density as gold and a coin with a tungsten core would fool the best coin dealer if it were stamped with a precision die. Tungsten is MUCH cheaper than gold so it pays for a forger to use it. A company in China called Chinatungsten even advertises their ability to make any size or shape tungsten piece which can be used as a core.

  • i have more coin collection and paper money also... most of them were from Middle East Countries,.... I have also a canadian coin and European Countries .... I want to have a more coin collection for my self only.....

  • It didn't, it's more of a commercial for christis.

  • soooo...... how did this hep me in identifying gold???

  • How to Identify a Gold Coin???

  • I don't think I will ever buy gold. It's just to pricey and the only ones I want are far more expensive than the melt value.

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