Letter K
Golden Glossary of Coin Terminology
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Karat
Measurement of purity used in showing the fineness of gold. One karat is 1/24 pure gold; 24-karat gold is pure, .999 fine.
Key Date
The opposite of common date. Coins with low mintages or with mintages having few survivors. See Rare, Scarce.
