Yes, they did say TRIAL - Vice's book on British West African coins says they were struck in the late 1960s in an attempt to find a cheaper alloy...
Who struck those coins?
I'd agree on EF and I'd say it's worth 50c to $1. They made a fair amount of them, and I'm not to sure how much circulation they actually saw in...
Very nice - not defaced either.
There are a few 1950s British West African coins struck in steel or other alloys, but just tests and not for British West Africa at all. I...
Very nice.
I'd agree with not a proof too - a nice coin for sure but not well-struck enough.
You may be right (as odd as it seems to have them produced then used as normal change). I don't have doubles - the ones I got were strays in a...
Yeah I'm sure I've seen some Whitman albums but I'm not sure how popular they are/were.
Okay so I had a look - all of my Solomon Islands Franklin Mint coins look brilliant but a few of my Cook Islands Franklin Mint coins look matte,...
Nice - is the design the same as the gold?
Okay I'll have to recheck my coins - I don't think I have any Solomon Islands matte coins - from memory the ones I have are all brilliant. I may...
Ah nice, thanks. Not quite - it has all the information I could find but I couldn't find any information about where or why it was struck, which...
Hm, so did you say matte coins after that were supplied directly to central banks?
Ah nice - I was sure I'd seen 1951 proofs for sale recently (not too expensive) but they were cameo proofs.
Actually has anyone ever seen an unbroken cardboard Franklin Mint set labelled as Matte? I thought I had but maybe my memory was playing tricks on me.
Actually, I have no idea where I recorded the mintage but I have 14,000 as the proof mintage for 1977.
Does anyone know anything about this coin:...
Not my area of expertise but with the square rims and nice level of detail in the King's hair (especially around the ear) it could be a proof.
Nice find! Lucky the Franklin Mint used a slightly different design, but any idea why they did?
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