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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 164092, member: 39&quot;]Here is the image; I &quot;downsized&quot; it a little, but the details are still recognizable. The initials (above the year) are an <b>E</b> and a <b>Y</b> superimposed ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2808/commyk8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2808/commyk8.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2808/commyk8.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2808/commyk8.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, this is not a coin but a medal, possibly made in 1989. Most silver medals have a little three-digit figure, e.g. &quot;900&quot; or &quot;925&quot;, to indicate the precious metal content. I don&#039;t see that in the picture, so it is hard to tell whether that is a silver or a base metal piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;problem&quot; with medals is that virtually anybody can have them made, while coins are made by (or on behalf of) the government. This also affects the value; apart from certain historical medals, or pieces created by famous designers, what you could get for such a piece is in quite a few cases just the melt value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope I don&#039;t sound too deterring here though. Maybe some other member knows more about this particular piece ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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