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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 29970, member: 39&quot;]Switzerland issues trial pieces on a regular basis. Last year&#039;s Matterhorn coin, for example, came in a regular version (mintage about 100,000) and in an &quot;essai&quot; version (about 700). The primary difference is a little mark (circled cross with an E) on the reverse.</p><p><a href="http://www.swissmint.com/e/new/interesting.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.swissmint.com/e/new/interesting.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.swissmint.com/e/new/interesting.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, Poland used to do that a lot, especially with silver commems: In addition to the regular coins, alternative designs with a <i>próba</i> stamp were issued. Apparently they sold well to collectors in &quot;capitalist&quot; countries ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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