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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dude, post: 4351872, member: 13170&quot;]I agree and figured as much before I posted, but the guy selling it rightfully wants to get more than scrap. I&#039;ve bought coins from him before; he&#039;s pretty reasonable. I want to start investing more in gold jewelry. The problem is retail markups are ridiculous, and there&#039;s a lot of shady dealings with online sellers. The pawnshop folks often get insulted if you lowball them or question authenticity. It&#039;s a whole new world of dealing for me. Scrap value is straightforward but when there are gems in the pieces I&#039;m way out of my league. I&#039;m learning, though, and this site is a great resource. As for the mark on that piece, I think it was an Austro-Hungarian one. The vendor told me it was 18k and showed me the mark in a reference site on his phone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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