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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 10032628, member: 10944"]Lower karat gold could potentially have verdigris I guess. I know what you mean though. I have some that you’d swear up and down are gold when you you look at them. If they are unmarked I guess there’s a pretty good chance they are just filled though. The caveat being that since they were handled so extensively the marks could be rubbed off. </p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like the ultra high relief ones are more likely to be filled. if gold I think they’d be more likely to be easily dented and crushed. The marked gold ones I’ve had have are more toned down.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 10032628, member: 10944"]Lower karat gold could potentially have verdigris I guess. I know what you mean though. I have some that you’d swear up and down are gold when you you look at them. If they are unmarked I guess there’s a pretty good chance they are just filled though. The caveat being that since they were handled so extensively the marks could be rubbed off. I feel like the ultra high relief ones are more likely to be filled. if gold I think they’d be more likely to be easily dented and crushed. The marked gold ones I’ve had have are more toned down.[/QUOTE]
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