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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3296839, member: 99642&quot;]As CN stated above, a C.O.A. is a Certificate of Authenticity. Depending on the coin you purchase, you might get one of those at the time of purchase. The other &quot; explanatory &quot; paperwork would be some sort of paper insert with the coin purchase, that would explain, perhaps, why it was gold plated, or what event or person is being celebrated.</p><p>The &quot; got loose &quot; just means that such a plated coin may have gotten separated from its original paperwork and got spent into the normal avenues of trade. When that coin is &quot; discovered &quot; , with out that paperwork, someone may believe they have something special.</p><p>This actually happens quite often, especially as more and more &quot; marketeers &quot; try to find more and more ways to make a buck.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for keeping it, that would be up to you. It probably has no more than face value (actual value=50 cents), but it could become the basis for your own &quot; Oddities &quot; box.&nbsp; An Oddities box is just a group of odd coins that have just face value( or none at all) that are different in some way that you could Show your friends and Tell them about it.</p><p>I think we all have some Show and Tell coins that we pull out now and then and say Hey, look at this !</p><p><br /></p><p>So Murillo, I want to thank you for posting such an interesting question with pix, that has led to informative participation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to <b><i>Coin World !!</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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