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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2834339, member: 16729&quot;]That may be an explanation.&nbsp;&nbsp; If so, then the<b> neither date is an error</b>!</p><p><br /></p><p>...and what implication does that have for Krause&#039;s &quot;error date&quot; notation?</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice the &quot;1987&quot; date on sonlarson&#039;s COA.&nbsp; If the 1988-dated 10,000-Won coins&#039; COAs have &quot;1988&quot; on them, then that evidence would imply that the coin was minted on purpose (not erroneously) in the two different years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=15488]@sonlarson[/USER] &#039;s interpretation makes sense, because the Bank of Korea did issue the &#039;88 Olympic coins as singles, as two-coin sets, as four- and five-coin (no gold) sets, and the all-inclusive 7-coin sets (with gold) you see above.&nbsp; They were distributed outside of Korea by Seibu Department Stores in Japan, in Hong Kong by Numis Ventures, and in the USA by Manfra, Tordella &amp; Brookes, Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A two coin set with 10,000 and 5,000-Won coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668811[/ATTACH] </p><p>SO:&nbsp; What may have happened is that this silver 10,000-Won coin was minted in 1987 as a single or as one of a two-coin set and sold overseas (both as proof and mint finish).&nbsp; It was then added to a 7-coin set, not the next set (3rd), but the 4th set and minted in 1988 for distribution in Korea.&nbsp; If this is the case, then neither date is an error.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What I know (at least for now) is that no other &#039;88 Olympic coin had two different dates.&nbsp; The fact that this one did has made us (and Krause) think that one had to be an error.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It may be an error.&nbsp; It may not.&nbsp; Only a trip to the Korean Mint to look at production records would answer the question definitively...</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as<b> mintages</b>:&nbsp; The Koreans have listed official mintages figures (number of coins ordered), as well as another figure for the number actually issued minus damaged pieces or detected errors that were removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>For all of the 10,000 Won silver pieces from the entire series (Running, Volleyball, Diving, Archery, Show Jumping [equestrian], Soccer, Gymnastics, and Cycling), the mintage figures that I have from a Korean source states that 1,836,599 was the manufactured amount, but only 1,389,074, or 75.6% of these coins were issued.</p><p><br /></p><p>This may explain the mintage differences that we encounter here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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