counterfeit fake gold eagle identification and dismantling how to know. 

I love the Harry's videos.

0:32. Abt 3g too heavy.

What my question is, is with the tungsten fakes can they not plate them or does is have to be encased, as I know some materials don't plate well? Maybe if it was copper they could plate it properly without putting a shell on? Maybe that's the big give away is that the tungsten ones that weigh the same will always have a gap on the edge as they can't be plated and get the same weight? Also I have seen the sigma be fooled if the outside shell is really thick and you don't get the nozzle attachment out and move it over the whole coin.

@@ptaeiy no thats what a 22k eagle weights as they put 1 oz of 24k gold in a eagle

@@sim8634 My mistake. Don't know what I was thinking.

​@@onlyme9262 One can plate tungsten. Electroless nickel strike plating on the tungsten followed by gold plating. But apparently this process is not that easy (or cheap) to do. The other thing is gold electroplating produces a maximum thickness of like 0.025mm. The thickness of the foil in this fake is about 0.14mm by my calculations. It could be plating with gold doesn't produce a thick enough coating and gets scratched too easily, which readily reveals the fake grey interior? With copper the color difference is harder to tell, but the dimensions of a copper-plated gold would be totally wrong

I would never get a Panda of any metal

@@ryanhudson1252 curious, why?

IMO this is the real crime.

100% silver doesn't ring like 90% sovereign struck coins.

I hear ya but my kangaroos don’t ping at all compared to my Maples

And they can be if the effort is made to catch them...that $50 statement on the obverse means US counterfeiting laws apply. If the Secret Service would just come down hard on a few of these scammers this problem would go away for the most part.