Now before you flood my thread with buzz!'s i need to fully inform you of this great deal. As you may know a 1946 50 peso is a big 41 gram 22 ct gold coin with 1.2057 oz agw worth almost $3k! well why is mine so cheap? well despite looking good, weighing the correct amount, measuring up diameter and thickness this coin has xrf'd at 18.5ct gold. Go figure either this is the best copy i have ever handled or the mexico mint pushed out some under carat gold in the 40's as usual price is plus postage at buyers cost/risk/choice
I thought these are 37.5 grams so it would be definitely a copy or else. 1946 Mexico 50 Pesos Gold Coin is made from 0.900 fine gold with a weight of 1.2057 troy oz. ... 1946 Mexico 50 Pesos Gold Coin AU/BU. Year 1946 Denomination 50 Pesos Actual Weight 1.2057 troy oz Gross Weight 37.5 grams Diameter 37.1 mm
i dunno silver soul, if it is it is a good one 37.5 grams is agw, its proper weight is below Composition: Gold Fineness: 0.9000 Weight: 41.6666g AGW: 1.2057oz Melt Value: $2,299.22 (5/31/2021) Diameter: 37mm
No these coins are 41.1 grams, the weight of 37.5 refers to the actual gold content weight (ORO PURO) pure gold Still no reason why it would scan as 18K I still calculate the gold content of 18kt at 41.1 grams having a melt value of $2440
Pity, not the real deal, as I rate these coins together with the $20 St. Gaudens as two of the most majestic I have owned over the years. The colour of the coin definitely would raise my suspicions without even having to do a scan.
it was tested on both a pmv and xrf, its got me stumped as i have thrown a ruler over it and it is exactly on the nose for the issue, the strike looks perfect and i have handled several of these before never had one come up under carat as every gold coin i handle gets tested
its actually 18.5kt which is $2507, not that i am cutting hairs colour is good as well, i have had to take a picture in overcast conditions as weather has been average here
Sorry to be curious but just to confirm... is it in correct (medal) alignment, too? That's a really baffling coin... the lettering on the rim looks perfectly good to me.
Sorry my bad communications, was looking at the photos in your posts and wasn't sure if it was a "british turnover".
You were kind of right @jultorsk, I consider these 1940s restrikes more as medallic collector issues rather than true coins. When I was collecting these 50 pesos coins I stuck to the 1920s issues only as I knew that they were true circulation strikes and not boring restrikes. I had quite a nice collection in Unc grades, and then when gold hit $2k I had a brain fart and sold them all.
