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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;weryon, post: 800532, member: 17622&quot;]Your coin is not counterfeit but a proof coin. Usually intended for collectors only and never for circulation , you seem to have found one in circulation anyway. How It got their we can all make speculations , but at the end of the say it&#039;s a proof coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of a coin meant for circulation and one which is proof:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bulgaria_1_lev_1981_commemorative_-_uncirculated_and_proof_versions.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Proof coinage</b> means special early samples of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin" rel="nofollow">coin</a> issue, historically made for checking the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_%28manufacturing%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_%28manufacturing%29" rel="nofollow">dies</a> and for archival purposes, but nowadays often struck in greater numbers specially for coin <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting" rel="nofollow">collectors</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatists" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatists" rel="nofollow">numismatists</a>). Many countries now issue them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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