Why do people bite their gold medals?

Biting metal is a tradition

During the California gold rush in the late 1800s, people would bite into gold to test if it was real. The theory was that pure gold is a soft, malleable metal. If a bite left indentation marks on the metal, it was most likely real. If it wasn’t, you could break a tooth.

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