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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 225212, member: 4626&quot;]Precisely.&nbsp; If it has a face value and is authorized by a government entity with the legal authority in its country to issue coins and currency (thus making it legal tender in that country), then it is a coin, period.&nbsp; If any of the above don&#039;t apply, but it can be redeemed for something, it is a token; if it can&#039;t be redeemed for anything and any of the above don&#039;t apply, then it is a medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone could theoretically take this thing and spend it in Canada for its face value, then it is still a coin, regardless if it was issued above its face value or it is unlikely to circulate as such.&nbsp; The same reason US commemoratives and American Eagles are still coins, despite not being issued at face value and not likely to circulate.&nbsp; (Proof coins aren&#039;t issued at their face value and almost never circulate either, but few would argue that they&#039;re not coins.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no such thing as a &quot;medal-coin&quot;; that term is an oxymoron, since being a medal would negate it from being a coin, and vice-versa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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