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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1586183, member: 15929&quot;]Thousands of coins are plated and sold to the public for whatever reasons and some may or may not actually commemorate some event.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your particular coin, I&#039;ve seen these before but never with gold plating.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a numismatic standpoint, they are collectible but only from an exonumia standpoint as Chris pointed out, it&#039;s considered damaged from a &quot;coin collecting&quot; standpoint. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you remember for sure that you&#039;ve seen a newspaper add for these, perhaps your best bet in locating that add might be to start looking for newspapers from 1980? Maybe research your local paper&#039;s archives with a visit to their headquarters? Other than that, I can&#039;t think of any other method of locating such an ad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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