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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 154063, member: 669&quot;]<img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to Cointalk Neo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pretend &quot;coins&quot; issued by private mints are considered exonumia, which is the branch of numismatics that deals with a diverse myriad of non-monetary things, such as wooden nickles, elongated cents, New Orleans Mardi Gras tokens, medals, and bullion in its multiple forms (rounds, bars, etc.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most rounds (the generally accepted name for coin-like bullion) are worth the melt value of the metal they contain, although some are collectible in other categories.&nbsp; For instance, the Franklin Mint has issued various types of gold, silver and even plated objects related to automobiles, and Shell Oil Company once issued tokens with various cars depicted on them.&nbsp; Car collectors might like to have all of those, but their collectability comes from the subject, not the manner of rendition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Religious figures are popular subjects for such pieces, as they appeal to many people who are not coin collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The legal tender bullion coins issued by government mints - the US Silver, Gold and Platinum&nbsp; Eagles; the British Britannia; South African Krugerands; Liberian &quot;commemoratives&quot;; and on and on and on and on - are technically coins, but since they don&#039;t circulate and they almost always contain more than their nominal face value in bullion, many of us consider them a form of exonumia, and have no place for them in our collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, the pieces you refer to do have value, but it&#039;s not really <u>numismatic</u> value.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mayers Mint claims to be over 130 years old on its <a href="http://www.mayermint.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mayermint.com/" rel="nofollow">&gt;&gt;website&lt;&lt;</a>, the first of 232,000 Google hits on &quot;Mayers Mint Germany&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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