Gold plated car insignia

[k9ranger]

A few years ago, my wife bought a car and ordered the gold plated insignia as an upgrade. With all the talk about computer gold I started to wonder if those car badges are really gold plated. Any one know? And would they be worth saving off cars headed to salvage.

[Mossy]

It's probably worth selling as an insignia, e-bay or some car forum. I doubt it's actual gold.

[Dr. Cadmium]

Most items with gold electroplated and gold leaf have next to zero value as precious metal scrap. It's such a tiny quantity that it's not cost effective to process, just like with silver plated items.