2007-02-02 05:34:39 · 7 answers · asked by Theory1 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
Take it to a coin dealer, other than where you bought it. You can also have a jeweler check it for purity with a 'scratch test', but I wouldn't recommend that.
DO NOT BITE THE COIN!
2007-02-02 05:38:18 · answer #1 · answered by FRANKFUSS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet is to go to a professional jeweler/appraiser. There are many places that buy gold, they'll be sure to give you the right answers.
Otherwise, you can check if it's soft metal as real gold should be, and test it with chemicals -- although this can be risky... And professional assay kits are just too expensive to use on a single coin.
2007-02-02 13:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by stopwar11112 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A jeweler can test it for you - there's no way that won't use a small fraction of the coin but that can be done at the edge.
2007-02-02 13:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by mikeleibo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check of the imprint of the purity of the gold coin. 99.9 is good
2007-02-02 14:14:22 · answer #4 · answered by Dang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bite it and try to bend it.
look up gold coins on google and see what they are supossed to look like.
take it to a bank.
2007-02-02 13:38:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from what i can tell its most likely a fake......send it to me and ill let you know
2007-02-02 14:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by ckhhuff2438 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bite it :D
2007-02-02 13:37:39 · answer #7 · answered by Marvin P. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋