Souvenir M4A1-S | Golden Coil (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Golden Coil puts a coiled gold snake on a black rifle with scaled orange-gold furniture. In Battle-Scarred much of the gold is chipped away, especially on the silencer, sights and stock, and the snake loses detail. It is the cheapest way to get this Covert finish, and the heavy wear gives it a deliberately battered character.

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.

The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

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.

Most of the gold on the silencer, sights and stock is chipped away, exposing the dark base. The snake is faded and broken up, with only its main shape left. In game the rifle reads as dark with scattered gold patches. Some gold survives on the grip and central parts of the receiver.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–1

The float of Souvenir M4A1-S | Golden Coil ranges from 0 to 1; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–1 — 55% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

Souvenir M4A1-S | Golden Coil belongs to The Shadow Collection, which holds 16 skins.

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

Price by quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 5.6× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 3.2× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2.1× dearer
• Well-Worn — 49% dearer

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 5 skins of the M4A1-S in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

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 check before buying

• 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 should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players wanting the cheapest entry into Golden Coil.
• Fans of heavily battered finishes with patchy gold.
• A budget pick with a distinctly worn character.