New Type of Fake American Gold Eagles

[SilverStorm]

I saw this on YouTube several days ago, and I thought it was interesting how this criminal had the audacity and devilish ingenuity to pull this off.   In a nutshell, the AGE was cored out and replaced with tungsten.  So the outsides is genuine, but the inside is not.  So a surface test will NOT pick up this fake.  This takes a lot of skill (IMHO) to pull it off.   See the YouTube video below for details. 

 

 

 

[papi1980]

The tungsten coin will probably have a ‘flap’ sound when tossed, very different of what pure gold sounds 

There is a mobile app called Coin tester that I use and it quite accurate. It compares the sound waves of the coin with the supposed metal content. I suspect that app will catch the tungsten fake Eagle;) 

Edited May 23, 2022 by papi1980

[dicker]

Magicians coins are “cored” like this and available for not a great deal of money.

I have a one pound coin that has been done and without really close examination it is not possible to tell.

Technically it is not hard to achieve although to achieve one coin it might be necessary to machine two coins for a really good fit.

Thanks for the video, I have thought about this for some time (something to watch for) but is the first time I have seen one in the wild….