The wear and friction of pure gold and gold alloy electrodeposits were determined. These platings are widely used in sliding electric contacts and include golds hardened with silver, cadmium, nickel, cobalt, or cobalt and indium. In preliminary work, the microstructures, hardnesses, crystallographic orientations of the surface, and topographies of the golds were examined; these properties vary widely, and relationships among them are discussed. Sliding was with thick deposits to eliminate effects of substrate. The experimental method involved repeat-pass unidirectional sliding at 100g in a rider-flat apparatus with plated flats against wrought gold or gold-plated riders. Wear and friction are described for both as-plated samples, and to eliminate distinguishing surface textures, with flats abraded to a common roughness.