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Message:: [QUOTE="Vaquero, post: 1894252"]There was a moment when I too thought I had something worth a very great deal.  But, then i was brought back to reality.  I've been told that I don't own an actual circulated coin, but just a test piece made by the engraver.  The key support is the fact that my coin is too small to be an actual 1962 BC 20 dollar piece.  (I am not positive about that fact since I can't find a source giving me the size of the real 20 dollar coins.  Unfortunately the pages you pointed me too (thanks!), while informative, did not give the size of the coins. Do numismatic guide books list dimensions and weight?)  That being said, I am very certain the coin is an authentic test piece or proof for the actual coins.  So, it may be even more rare than the actual coins.  Yet, rare does not always equate to value.  In this case, however, there is, I think, also the added aspect of historical interest.[/QUOTE]