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Message:: [QUOTE="christoscoin, post: 1193498, member: 31368"]This post caught my attention because I also have a coin dated 1887 with Friedrich on the obverse.  This however is a 20 mark gold coin which we purchased at our shop with about 20 other 20 mark gold coins of various dates several years ago.  This coin first didn't catch my attention because of the date but because it is very proof looking with great mirrored fields and frosty devices.  Of course the date does not match the only year of 1888 that Prussian coins were struck with Friedrich on them but the coin weighs right on with what it should for a 20 mark gold coin and other than the date there is nothing on this coin that indicates to me that it is a forgery or fake.  If anyone can help identify this in any way it would help greatly.  My gut says there is something about this coin that few know about and that it is not fake - too nice to be and if it is fake it is the best fake I have ever seen with any coin.  Could it be maybe a pattern strike?  Or maybe stuck at a later date as a souviner to a foreign leader?  (the U.S. has done that many times).  I'm hoping someone out there can at least point me in the right direction.  If you would like to contact me directly you may at <a href="mailto:christoscoin@yahoo.com">christoscoin@yahoo.com</a>.  Thanks - Tom & Basil Obverse: [ATTACH]125287.vB[/ATTACH] Reverse: [ATTACH]125288.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]