All that glitters...

There is an age-old tradition of biting gold to test its authenticity. Although this is certainly not a professional way of examining gold, the bite test was not to check if the coin was gold (90% gold coins are fairly strong) but to see if the coin was gold plated lead. A lead coin would be very soft and thus teeth marks would result. Fake gold coins were a common problem before 1932 so weighing a coin and also sliding a coin through a "counterfeit detector" slot was common (making a lead coin thicker would add weight thus why slide it through a measured slot). Most establishments (especially US Western saloons) would never accept a gold (or silver) coin of high value before weighing such an item. ~Wikipedia

Happy Labor day to all the Yanks. We have had a nice stretch of weather and will be eating traditional American cookout food with my brother & family today.

For the Record,
This day came in sunny and warm, a perfect day to usher out the traditional summer.