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Does anyone have the weight and gold content of the gold initial shields on the old ithacas?

The new CSM ovals are 10K gold and cost $265.

Thank you

Lou

I don't know the gold content but one I worked on had a gold crest not an oval, and it was rose colour gold,...I might have a picture somewhere

CJ

Claudio,
would the rose color indicate a higher content of alloying metal like possibly copper?

That's exactly what it is Chuck,..also one thing to keep in mind is that on some of these ovals/shields the body itself was silver and only had a thin gold film soldered on the surface,...found that out the hard way

CJ

Different colors does not have to mean lw gold content.

14K gold can be yellow, white or red.

I would suspect that red gold has more copper than the white and yellow varieties.

Dont know about other metals being in gold, but pink gold is/was mined in the Black Hills of South Dakota; in the original mines that started all the trouble with the Sioux. The mine closed and opened operations over the years depending on prevailing gold price(s). The jewelry was a pretty big seller in Deadwood about 15-20 years ago and was nice combinations of white, yellow and pink gold.