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What Gold Clad Really Means. Gold clad is a fancy way of saying gold plated. Gold clad coins are nothing more than regular coins with some worthless substance as coating. Essentially, gold clad coins are made when gold is bonded to another cheap metal.In laymanâs terms, the âgoldâ you are receiving is practically worthless. Take 20 gold clad quarters to a shop that buys gold and the person behind the counter will give you a sad look.hat Gold Clad Really Means. Gold clad is a fancy way of saying gold plated. Gold clad coins are nothing more than regular coins with some worthless substance as coating. Essentially, gold clad coins are made when gold is bonded to another cheap metal.
Solid gold is just that. Filled or plated is a thin layer of gold applied to another (normally) metallic surface. The amount of gold on a plated, rolled or filled watch is next to ignorable in terms of gold value. They also have the disadvantage of wear marks. Having said that it is normally a huge difference between a plated and a filled/rolled case. The latter being much thicker, and hence more resistant to wear.