Souvenir 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.

The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks 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 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 wear: float 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir M4A1-S | Golden Coil ranges from 0 to 1; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 7% 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.

It drops from Shadow Case (on sale since Sep 15, 2015).

Price by quality

Compared with the Factory New quality, the others go like this:

• Minimal Wear — 1.7× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 2.6× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 3.7× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 5.6× cheaper

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

Among 9 skins of the M4A1-S in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 6th by price, counting from the dearest.

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 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.