M4A1-S | Golden Coil (Factory New)

Skin overview

M4A1-S | Golden Coil is a Covert rifle finish built around a gold snake wound across a dark body, with a scaled orange-gold silencer, stock and grip. In Factory New the gold reads saturated and even, the scale texture is crisp, and the snake's outline stays sharp against the black receiver. This is the condition in which the contrast between gold and black is at its strongest.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver is dark, almost black, with a gold snake coiling across its side and the head placed near the magazine well. The silencer is fully covered in an orange-gold scale texture, and the same scaled gold continues on the pistol grip and the stock, which has dark accents. The handguard is dark with thin gold stripes, while the carry handle, front sight and magazine trim are painted orange-gold. On worn copies the gold wears first on the silencer tip and edges, the carry handle, front sight, magazine base and the butt of the stock, letting the dark base show through.

The gold is intact on every part, from the silencer to the stock. The scale texture and the snake's fine lines are fully defined. In game the rifle reads as bright gold against black with no visible flaws. Edges of the carry handle and front sight are clean.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of M4A1-S | Golden Coil is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Shadow Collection with 16 skins in total.

The source is Shadow Case (on sale since Sep 15, 2015).

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 2.4× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 3.5× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 3.8× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 4× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 11 skins of the M4A1-S in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 6th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 1.8× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, holo-gold and black stickers match the snake artwork, while orange or amber tones blend with the silencer and stock. Placing stickers on the dark receiver keeps them readable without covering the snake's head.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float keeps the silencer gold noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the silencer tip, carry handle and front sight, as these parts lose gold first.
• Look at applied stickers and their scrape level, because they change how the receiver reads.
• Check for a name tag and StatTrak™ or Souvenir versions if they matter to you.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the gold and scale texture fully intact.
• Players building gold sticker crafts that need a clean base.
• The choice for the cleanest and most contrasting look.