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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 237606, member: 25"]There was a fad in the 1970s for gold coin jewellery. Proper sovs and half sovs were expensive so cheaper look-alikes were common, and inevitably made in 9 carat gold, a standard so low it is almost not gold at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Common 'coins' were these sovereign types, US gold dollars, small gold Mexican coins, and possibly a few more I can't remember. They all have a similar look to these in the OP, sort of rubbishy in design and execution.</p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming they are gold I'd put them in the scrap bag.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 237606, member: 25"]There was a fad in the 1970s for gold coin jewellery. Proper sovs and half sovs were expensive so cheaper look-alikes were common, and inevitably made in 9 carat gold, a standard so low it is almost not gold at all. Common 'coins' were these sovereign types, US gold dollars, small gold Mexican coins, and possibly a few more I can't remember. They all have a similar look to these in the OP, sort of rubbishy in design and execution. Assuming they are gold I'd put them in the scrap bag.[/QUOTE]
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