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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 226538, member: 4626&quot;]Problem with that definition.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;m just nitpicking, but where does that put bullion coins, that trade at their intrinsic value of their metal rather than their nominal face value?&nbsp; Or coins with a numismatic value in excess of their face value?&nbsp; Are all commemorative coins that trade at a premium above their face value what you call &quot;medal-coins,&quot; even if they&#039;re perfectly legal tender, and could circulated if people chose to do so (even if they probably won&#039;t)?&nbsp; What about coins in proof sets?&nbsp; They certaintly don&#039;t trade at their face value, and probably won&#039;t circulate, are they &quot;medal-coins&quot; too?</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had the mind to, could I break one of those $5 New Zealand coins out of its holder, and trade it for $5 worth of goods in New Zealand?&nbsp; If so, doesn&#039;t that still make it a coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s my basic problem with that term; it&#039;s imprecise and far too open to interpretation, there&#039;s no telling whether or not two different people using the term mean the same thing by it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m about to just give up on this, but I hope you see why some people have a problem with this term, and why this term is not in common use in the numismatic community.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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