CHINESE GOLD-PLATED TUNGSTEN BULLION COIN COPIES

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V17 2014 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 46, November 9, 2014, Article 16

Buyers beware! Brothers Philip and Harry Mernick of London forwarded links to web pages offering fake gold coins produced in China. This modern coin fakery is nothing new, but over time its scope seems to grow and its methods improve. Their thickly gold-plated tungsten copies very closely mimic the proper size and weight of the genuine gold coins. They claim their products "can pass any real gold test, for example acid test, X-ray test or scratch test etc." Here are some excerpts from the company's pages on Alibaba. -Editor

First kind of customers are those who really like to collect .Our 60 microns gold plated tungsten gold coin (bar) contains several grams gold, having the collection value.

Second kind of customers are those who want to send gift and present to friends owning good taste. But the true gold coin (bar) is so expensive that we can’t pay for it. Do not worry. Come to me. Our product is the same as the original. Expert cann’t distinguish them by acid test, X-ray test or scratch test, not mention to your friends. You would pay half of the original and give your friend a gift worth 1300USD.

Last but not lest, they are those who really want to make a big money. Because our gold coin (bar) is easy to resale. There is no doubt that it is very hot and popular in marketing , now. You can use it to do many meaningful thing.

2. why are our product the most expensive in marketing, as an imitation tungsten gold coin (bar)?

Question 1:Our tungsten gold coin (bar)is the same as the original in dimension and weight. And the deviation between our product to the true gold coin(bar) is only 0.01 mm ,which would be acceptable by any test institution.

Question 2: As mentioned above, we gold coin (bar) can pass any real gold test, for example acid test, X-ray test or scratch test etc.

Question 3:The material of our product is tungsten and gold. As you know, the densities of tungsten and gold are similar. So we can guarantee the weight of our coin (bar) is the same as the original.

1 oz 22k/33.93 grams Liberty tungsten gold eagle coin(2001,2003) 32.70*2.87mm 1 oz 24k/31.11 grams Elizabeth tungsten gold coin (2004) 30*2.8mm 1 oz 22k/33.93 grams South Africa tungsten goldcoin (1975/78/88/89) 32.65*2.54mm

1 oz 24k/31.11 grams Royal Canadian tungsten gold bar 50*29*1.5mm
1 oz 24k APMEX Gold bar in assay 50*28*1.5mm

Krugerand Copies
Q: Is the product magnetic?
A: No, the coins and bullions are of no magnatic at all

Q: Can these coins and bars pass gold tests?
A: Yes, the thickness of the gold coating can be customized, 60 microns gold coated can pass gold tests.

We saw an “1887 gold £5” today that could well have been from this source. These are very dangerous, Harold has trawled U-tube comments and it appears that the only way, currently, of distinguishing genuine from fake is the old fashioned method of “ringing” a coin. The fakes being sintered Tungsten rather than truly solid don’t ring in the way a gold coin should. I haven’t heard it demonstrated however.

To read the complete article, see:
1 troy oz gold plated tungsten coin (sxd-badge.en.alibaba.com/product/1938470737-214160299/1_troy_oz_gold_plated_tungsten_coin.html)
22k gold plated replica gold krugerrand (sxd-badge.en.alibaba.com/product/628014408-214160299/22k_gold_plated_replica_gold_krugerrand.html)