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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Jags, post: 4277567, member: 78719&quot;]OK, I have been looking at some Guyana uncirculated coins from the Franklin Mint era 1976-1980. Krause has the following information:</p><p><br /></p><p>As with other FM issues, uncirculated coins are listed as (U) proof like uncirculated, and (M) matte uncirculated. The only listed FM issued specimen unc. sets are from only the years 1977 and 1978 - I have NEVER seen these.</p><p><br /></p><p>Evidently the Central Bank in Guyana did however package up smaller sets and individual dollar coins in green cardboard packaging. These came in 5 coin (1c-50c) and 6 coin sets (1c-$1), and individual $1 packaged sets with no FM insignia on the packaging at all, but all coins with the monogram struck on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may be that there is a third type of currency coin struck by the FM for Guyana that is not (U) or (M), and I have taken pictures of a 1976FM dollar from one of the 6 coin sets as well as pictures of a single loose (M) dollar. The set coin does NOT appear to be either and is rather crudely struck - almost hinting at a hurried production as the fields are very porous and rather poorly struck, very bad planchet preparation.</p><p>Another alternative is that it is a very poorly prepped (U) coin, as are all the others from these Bank of Guyana sets. I have not seen any other Caribbean unc. coins struck by the FM (or at least with the FM mintmark) that have this appearance. There is a very pebbly and non-PL surface to these. I am not aware of any other Caribbean countries that issued PL coins for circulation, but this one looks like it.</p><p>What do readers think?</p><p>The (M) coin has bag marks on it as though it was also intended for circulation. So which is the first coin, (U), (M), or something else? And what about the mintage figures in Krause, with this year dollar as an example:</p><p>(U) - 50</p><p>(M) - 600</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the single matte coin is apparently much harder to come by than the set coins, such as the first one illustrated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1088546[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1088548[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1088549[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1088552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1088554[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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