Show real color of gold few persons ire are familiar with the real color of gold because it Is in seldom seen except when heavily alloyed a state in which it Is much redder than when it Is pure the purest coins ever male made were the 50 pieces which were once in common ure in california their coinage was abandoned because the loss hy by abrasion was so great and because their interior could bo be bored ont not and filled with lend lead they were octagonal in shape and were the most valuable colas coins ever minted and circulated all gold old Is not alike when refined australian allan gold bold Is distinctly redder than that lint taken in calkoen Cal Call Korn fornIA moreover placer gold Is more yellow than that which Is taken fro frosi 1 quartz this Is one of the mysteries of metallurgy because the gold cold in placers comes from that which illch Is in quartz the irold gold in the ural mountains Is the reddest in the world |