Souvenir M4A1-S | Golden Coil (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

This M4A1-S finish is known for its gold serpent over dark metal and the orange-gold scale pattern on the silencer, stock and grip. Well-Worn copies show the gold noticeably thinned, with the dark base coming through on edges and the silencer. The look turns rougher, though the gold-and-black scheme still holds together.

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 Well-Worn

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 silencer loses large areas of gold, and the dark base shows clearly on the sights, carry handle and magazine. Scratches reach the stock and the edges of the grip. The snake on the receiver starts to lose fine lines. In game the rifle looks visibly worn, with gold remaining mostly on flat central areas.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of Souvenir M4A1-S | Golden Coil is 0–1; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 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

Compared with the Well-Worn quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 3.7× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2.1× dearer
• Field-Tested — 42% dearer
• Battle-Scarred — 33% cheaper

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

Among 4 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.

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 should buy Well-Worn

• Budget-minded players who accept a visibly worn silencer.
• Those who like a used, rough look on a gold finish.
• Suits buyers who value the design over condition.