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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1949931, member: 19463&quot;]There is a major difference between a coin being of a special type and being issued for collecting.&nbsp; For the most part it is the matter of surcharge.&nbsp; At $1, Columbian halves are not coins to my strict definition but when they released the remainders into circulation at 50 cents, the coin became a full fledged coin.&nbsp; I believe this also happened with the Washington/Carver halves.&nbsp; When I was a kid they were regularly found in circulation where I lived.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to know the status of the Trajan Restorations, Anonymous Pagans and Festival of Isis coins but I could never assume they did not circulate in some way without more evidence.&nbsp; If Trajan called in all the Republican denarii and traded them one for one for REST coins, these special things were coins.&nbsp; He would have profited by the change of metal.&nbsp; If however, he sold sets of ten denarii for an aureus, I&#039;d have to credit him with inventing the monster.&nbsp;&nbsp; Emperors regularly had special asses made for New Year&#039;s distribution.&nbsp; These were coins.&nbsp; Just because we do not understand the denomination system does not guarantee AP or Isis items being medals rather than coins.&nbsp; We are not likely to understand this anytime soon.&nbsp; Just last week I saw an Anonymous Pagan being offered as an Isis.&nbsp; Since most coin books don&#039;t list them, they must not be coins - right?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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