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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2227374, member: 16729&quot;]I don&#039;t know much about die trials, so when I saw this South Korean gold trial of the largest diameter of any South Korean gold coin (60mm, 2.80oz, .900Au) I just had to ask here.&nbsp; I wrote about the commemorative series in which this coin is included: <a href="http://www.dokdo-research.com/fivemillenia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dokdo-research.com/fivemillenia.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dokdo-research.com/fivemillenia.html</a> .</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few questions for those familiar with die trials:</p><p><br /></p><p>1)&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it common to strike just one side?&nbsp; Or was this done due to its large diameter (60mm) that they felt the need to test just one trial die?</p><p><br /></p><p>2)&nbsp;&nbsp; The die used for this trial wasn&#039;t actually used to strike subsequent (non-trial) coins, was it?&nbsp; Maybe it&#039;s just the lighting, but it looks to have some doubling in the lettering.</p><p><br /></p><p>They only struck the reverse (yes, the side with the image is the reverse for this coin), and left the obverse blank, except for a little mint mark at 6 o&#039;clock.&nbsp; I can&#039;t tell what it is.&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty sure that this coin was struck at the Valcambi Mint in Switzerland.&nbsp; It could also have been done by the Paris Mint, but it doesn&#039;t look like it.&nbsp; Those had a mint mark at the 8 o&#039;clock position on the obverses of the coins they released.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any better insight into what this is all about would be very appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]437356[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437357[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437362[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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