| Do you remember in the old cowboy movies | | | | 18K stamp on it means nothing any more, |
| when the cowboy would “bite” a gold coin | | | | because there is so much fake gold jewelry |
| to see if it was real or fake? It seems that even | | | | floating around now. |
| back then clever counterfeiters were plying their | | | | The same rule applies for any type of designer |
| trade. Nothing has changed since those times and | | | | jewelry, because virtually any type of designer |
| if fact counterfeiters have become better at their | | | | jewelry is now being counterfeited overseas. If |
| craft if nothing else. | | | | you are approached on city street by someone |
| The truth of the matter, is that a fake gold coin | | | | that has an 18K gold chain that is still in the original |
| could easily pass the “bite” test if it was | | | | jewelry box, virtually100% of the time it will be |
| made out of lead, plated with copper, so it could | | | | fake. |
| be then plated in nickel, so it could be then plated | | | | In the typical con it will even still have a price tag |
| in 24K gold. Fake jewelry is nothing new but if | | | | on it and they will say that a friend of theirs |
| you buy plated jewelry you want to do it willingly | | | | recently stole it. Another common item that is |
| not by being sold something that is being passed | | | | sold as the genuine article is fake Rolex watches. |
| off as being 14K or 18K. | | | | It too may come in a counterfeit box but these |
| Rule number one, is that if you aren't buying a | | | | are easy to spot. This is because, the second |
| piece of solid gold jewelry from a legitimate | | | | hand on a real Rolex “sweeps" while the |
| source, assume it is fake until you have had a | | | | second hand on a fake will move with a |
| jeweler look at it. Just because it has a 14K or | | | | “tick”. |