999 ic

I have a token/challenge coin marked: July 25th, 1990 Flint Kaserne Bad Toelz Germany Army Community Service Silver Anniversary.

On the coin is a small 999 ic. It appears silver, but I wasn't familiar with the ic designation. When I searched for it it appears to show up on German bullion type coins. Does anyone know what this stands for, and is it a strictly German thing?

Thanks

 

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Pictures would help.

 

It's evidently not strictly German, here's a pure silver (.999) Haitian coin it's on:



https://www.ebay.com/itm/324218486577.

When you find out, let us know, that's all I got. Seems like it must have some connection to the silver fineness.

 

I have a token from a Munich wildlife park, it is on here also but as 1000Ic and has a proof-like appearance

 

Is that your coin? That's the same image from the Worthpoint website. Your picture even has the Worthpoint symbol on the bottom left.

 

It is possible that ic and in some other languages, ci, means it is plated or clad with sterling silver

 

Tried to answer kept making wrong turns that led to wrong answers so instead I'm gonna say "I don't know".

But I am digging for it.

 

The Haitian one I referenced has the “1000” on it too.

 

My coin is the same as the one on the WorthPoint website. It was just quicker to screenshot it than take a picture of mine. I didn't think a picture was relevant as I thought it was just a generic hallmark that someone would be familiar with. But potty dollar asked about it, so I showed the one from WorthPoint which I found while researching it.

 

That is my concern, so I was hoping to figure out if it is silver or just plated.

 

This from the website I linked to in my first reply. It doesn’t say anything about silver-plate. This one, graded by NGC, is 3.7771 (Troy) ounces of .999-fineness silver...

 

I question everything
Some members in the past claimed they had certain coins and it turned out they used a picture from the internet.. But I don't doubt you.

 

We actually had a member that would take a different members images, alter them and claim he owned the coin.

 

What is on the reverse?

 

As with Mountain Man, nice obverse, but I too would like to see the reverse. Thanks for posting.

 

Weighed 15 grams on my cheap scale.

 

That's good news. I infer from the NGC grading that mine most likely then is not plated, but regular 999 silver.

 

I would. NGC would mention the composition breakdown if it were plate or alloyed.

 

Just as an aside to all of this, I think it's interesting to note, pure silver resists tarnish pretty well. Its softness has to be a reason it's alloyed when for commerce, as it can take a better licking like that. That Haitian coin I linked to, note, is a proof. Yours isn't intended for circulation, either.