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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;william5182, post: 498554, member: 16016&quot;]<b>Silver Krugerrand</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hi Jaceravone,</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin but I don&#039;t think it&#039;s a mint issued coin. I pulled this from Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The official site of the South African Mint Company and the Rand Refinery both state the historical reasons that caused Krugerrands to be made out of gold.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-samint-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-samint-1" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-rand-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-rand-2" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> There is no such a thing as a silver Krugerrand. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-taxfree-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-taxfree-3" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> These coins &quot;are not official, have no legal tender value, are not produced or sanctioned by the South Africa Mint or Government, not Krugerrands, and not even coins&quot;.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-taxfree-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-taxfree-3" rel="nofollow">[4]</a></p><p>&nbsp;The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" rel="nofollow">FTC</a> warns about false claims on bullion coins, and advises to check that the coins you want to buy are not really imitation medals created by fraudulent &quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_%28coin%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_%28coin%29" rel="nofollow">mints</a>&quot;.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-ftcsilver-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand#cite_note-ftcsilver-4" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Silver Krugerrands does exist but are privately struck</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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