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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2227975, member: 4373&quot;]I&#039;ve seen this practice done with &#039;coins&#039; from Russia and Australia.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most plausible answer that I had from a couple of sellers is that these may have been ex bank samples. In particular if you wanted to have the obverse and reverse displayed together, they could be very expensive if they were genuine. </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this was somewhat a common practice in the early 1980s till 1990s where gold, platinum and platinum were worth a fair amount (especially if you factor in inflation) and security probably wasn&#039;t as great as today. </p><p><br /></p><p>I presume that these samples were supposed to be returned to the mint but somehow forgotten in the process. In this situation, would it be appropriate to call them trial strikes? Nevertheless, if there is such example for sale and if it is affordable. I will for sure not hesitate to get it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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