No, gold/silver/platinum plated objects contain so little precious metal that they wouldn't make anything if they stripped it off and melted it down, it is simply too time consuming for the little amount of precious metal in there.
Gold plated over silver means that the ring is made of silver with a thin layer of gold plated to it. It is not solid gold but solid silver with gold on it.
The small 13mm to 15mm diameter US gold $1 coins made from 1849-1889 are not gold plated. They are 90% gold & 10% silver.
Gold-plated, not gold. The Morgan design was used on silver dollars, so the good news is that the underlying silver coin is worth about $15 as of 06/2010
what is the differences between gold plated and gold over silver.
The HPNS marking means "Heavy Plated Nickel Silver". this means it is silver plated only - not sterling or coin silver composition.Visit the link below to learn more about various silver markings and gold markings.
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A nine carrot gold plated sterling silver is both gold and silver. This would be more sliver than gold.
$1. It's not gold, it's gold-plated. These coins were struck in copper-nickel or 40% silver, never in gold.
The Halfcrown is a silver coin. If you have a gold coin it is because somebody plated it. Modified coins have no collector value.
If it's really gold-plated ( 10K / 14K / 18K ....) you don't want to plate it with silver for the gold using is the value of the jewelry. Do u mean yellow gold plated to white gold plated? If that's what you want, the answer is yes! You can have it plated to your desired color without changing the gold content!
It depends on if it's made of gold or just gold plated. It has no value as a coin. Take it to a jewler. Most buy scrap gold & silver.
A few cents for the gold plating and about $7 for the underlying silver coin. Unfortunately whoever plated the coin effectively destroyed its value as a collectible.