Reid Goldsborough wrote:
In the August issue of the Celator, in an
article titled "Electrum," Michael Marotta broke free from this long
tradition and defined it differently, as gold alloyed with any
appreciable amount of silver. Thus, Saints and other U.S. gold coins
"qualify as electrum issues."

Huh? Aren't Saints and other U.S. gold coins 90% gold and 10% copper?
How would this qualify as "electrum" according to either yours or MEM's
definition?

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Bob