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It's not that simple, because Gold has a different proton, neutron and electron number. In fact it is the proton number that determines what element you have, more or less electrons simply makes an ion, more or less neutrons makes an isotope.

Take the most abundant isotope of Lead, 208Pb. It has 82 protons, 126 neutrons and 82 electrons. Gold only has one naturally occurring isotope, 197Au, with 79 protons, 118 neutrons, and 79 electrons.

So to convert lead into gold, you will need to strip away 3 electrons (easy) and bombard the nucleus with particles to try to knock off 3 protons (prohibitively expensive, even if it was possible). Even if you did so, you might end up with an unstable (radioactive) nucleus, as the highest neutron number observed in synthetic gold is 120.

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