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To: GraceG

Some histories I’ve read indicate that in the 1700’s some counterfeiters plated a newly discovered grayish metal with gold and sucessfully passed it off as the real thing. That metal is now called ‘platinum’. ;~)


19 posted on 11/18/2009 4:00:21 PM PST by McGarrett (Book'em Danno)
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To: McGarrett

Some histories I’ve read indicate that in the 1700’s some counterfeiters plated a newly discovered grayish metal with gold and sucessfully passed it off as the real thing. That metal is now called ‘platinum’. ;~)

Isn’t Platinum more expensive than gold now?


21 posted on 11/18/2009 4:03:25 PM PST by GraceG
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