I have not confirmed but a source in Trinidad says that the specimen sets though very rare are known from 1984. Like to have one for sure. The OP...
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Good detective work. As you will note my coin was struck in 1975 at same weight.
Ah, nice picture. Do keep us posted as to the grade, I wonder for which coin was this planchet intended. I always felt this to be a beautiful design.
1 - 1976 FM Matte Uncirculated Papua New Guinea 10 Kina 2 - 1976 FM Matte Uncirculated Papua New Guinea 5 Kina 3 - 1979 New Caledonia Gold...
Indeed, I always took "essai" to essentially be a term that was a translation of "assay" but these were actually test specimens and not selected...
Likewise, no evidence of this one for me either....
The Taku figure is indeed a gold weight and I have always loved this coin: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have a nearly complete collection of The Bahamas $2 Flamingoes in Unc. and Proof, excepting only the 1975-77 FM mattes and the Royal Mint issued...
Um, excuse these medical additions! Not sure how this got here, these are all over the place and NOT RELATED TO ME!!!!! LOL Your exam will be next...
Ah, that was a bit of a search to find. Thanks. If the FM was able to land this contract for Liberia, why were they seemingly unable to deliver,...
I looked that one up and it looks very prooflike (?)....and certainly I am on the lookout as well, not to be competitive, for the 1983FM currency...
Several years ago I got at auction and a two coin lot the 1904 25c and the 1905 50c that I had slabbed by PCGS and they came up MS 65 (!!) and MS...
Hmm, I have seen similar passed off as the overdate. I will try to post a picture of mine - I would not really give it a premium and condition is...
Perhaps this allows better visualization, straight below the sun and in the top of the grass:[ATTACH]
LOL Well, look in the top of the grass to the Left of the palm tree! It took me a long time to find it. In hand these are all VERY attractive...
Hiya: For Liberia - No 1984Philly issues that I know of despite Krause As per TheGame: No known 1983 FM issues despite listing in Krause...
Sorry about the double photos...
Although some like the slabbing (me on occasion), here are a couple that are related. First is an OMS 1975 10P in decent preservation. Second is...
Don't know that they would "rubber-stamp" the exact origin - IMO the usual is to simply authenticate as a Royal Mint product and then general...
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