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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 535305, member: 68&quot;]I would guess it&#039;s a new strike from fresh dies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins like this really don&#039;t have a better chance of surviving than typical coins in modern times so its existence leads me to suspect it might have been intended as some sort of presentation piece.&nbsp; It looks like the planchet was polished but the strike is not up to proof standards so it was a single strike.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not out of the realm of possibility that it&#039;s quite common but I&#039;ve never seen anything comparable in the entire series.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s certainly a remarkable coin whatever the heck it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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