The LCS where I work part-time bought three of these this week. To the best of my research, the 2011 Australia Year of the Rabbit silver coin has a different design, and there is a coin that has this specific design, but it is composed of aluminum and bronze. This coin has a very odd weight (11.7g) and for all that I can determine, must be played. But here’s my thing: why are the surfaces like a perfect cameo proof? How would they be able to plate a coin and impart this frosting on the devices? Please help educate me.
People have been faking frost on coins for many, many years Mike. Though granted it's typically done on US coins that will benefit from a CAM or DCAM designation. For whatever it's worth to ya, I want to add that I've not compared your coin to any others, but that's because I don't feel like I need to. And I say that because at first glance the only thing that popped into my head was - that coin is wrong, it just doesn't look right. And when that happens to me I never even bother to look any further, I simply walk away.
^^ The coin design is available in an aluminium bronze uncirculated coin, as well as a gold and a silver proof coin.
This x 1000 If a coin just don't look right walk away. Another gold nugget from one of the more savvy numismatists on this forum.
Hello Mike. I downloaded castbox app yesterday and saw your podcast when browsing coin related shows. I was very short on time so didn't get to listen to it yet but will be soon.
Just don't forget one thing Mike, just because real ones do exist, that doesn't mean any given example actually is real. if you ever see coins that don't look right, for whatever reason, the best advice is to simply walk away. And no, I'm not even trying to implicate that the coins you have are not genuine, not in any way. Given what's be said they probably are genuine. But that doesn't alter what I'm saying.