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Old 06-20-2019, 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy View Post
What 58pinsin said.

Maybe there was an error in your weight/purity calculations where you thought it was worth more?
Here is how I calculated it, so if you think I made a mistake please tell me:

First I weighed it on my O'Haus gram scale, and it weighed between 25 and 26 grams, so I called it .9 of an ounce for convenience. I multiplied that by the price of gold, which was around $1300 at that time. Then since it was 14K, I multiplied that by .583, since it is 14/24 pure. So I got:

.9 x 1300 x .583= $682 worth of gold. And I offered it for $625.

I also have a gold testing kit, with the acid bottles and the black stone, so I know how to test it too. Were my calculations right?
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