Assay - PLM Spanish Fake

[FG TR 82]

Guys,

For what it's worth--

I bought a Spanish fake Pour le Merite knowing what it was, but had it assayed recently through a friend who works professionally at a lab in the Reno NV area.

**Total weight, excluding ribbon, including jump ring: 29.6 g or 1.044 oz.
**Content copper: 8.9 g or .031 oz
**Content gold: 17.6 g or .062 oz.
**Content other: 3.1 g or .0.109 oz.
**Specific gravity: 9.3

It was estimated that gold made up 5% of the total weight, if I understood correctly; perhaps that's what makes its appearance so appealing, but nowhere near the $1100-$1300-$1500 seen online.

LO

[Zepenthusiast]

Hi and thanks for posting this--I suspect all of us learning how to sort out the more sophisticated fakes appreciate the effort. Is there a typo or transposition, though? The described gold content would seem to be high, at 17.6 g, if it is estimated to make up 5% of the weight. Please post some pictures if you can, too!

Jim/"Zep"

[regular122]

Very useful data LO. Thanks for posting this. Steve

[regular122]

LO, would it be possible to get measurements on your piece according to the diagram below?

Thanks, and any pics would be nice as well. Steve

[spanner]

Hi.i have one of these supposed spanish fake plm.
Can somebody explain to me how they came to believe that .
I am new to the field
thanks