Gold in keyboard?

sure looks like it. Or is it brass/copper? Took apart a very old keyboard and this is what I found.
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...stuff34019.jpg
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...stuff34020.jpg

Might also be some under the black dot on the board.

I'm pretty sure that's an IC chip under that black dot - not sure about any gold there.

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Originally Posted by waredu

I'm pretty sure that's an IC chip under that black dot - not sure about any gold there.

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I think that is COB (Chip On Board) with possible gold or aluminum wire bonding.
PDF has a diagram to explain.
www.fkdelvotec.at/files/press/COB_E2.pdf

should I peel that covering off?

I would leave it as is. Removing it also removes all the bonding wires.