✅ SOLVED 3 gold coins found, not sure what they are.

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look for a casting seam along the rim of the coins... they look like cast copies to me, souvenir or costume jewelry pieces. Still a neat find though
 

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Based only on the images provided, you may have two authentic California Fractional Gold Coins, and one tourist token, circa 1920 - 1950. The two that appear authentic have an actual value on them. Both 1/2 dollar. The token (some people call them fakes) has been made into a pendant. The token could be anything from a badly plated base metal, usually copper or brass, all the way to alloys up to 90% gold. My books on these are in storage, or I would make an attempt to look up the two that appear genuine.

I have not had the opportunity to obtain any genuine samples, but I do have many dozens of the “fakes”.

Time for more coffee.
 

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they are replicas sold in souvenir stores all over Gold Country in Calif. Got a set myself
 

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I can’t help but think that if I found those I would go straight to a jeweler to know if they are gold
Why would anyone wait this long?
 

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