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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1061135, member: 66"]Back before the 1973 Hobby Protection Act the letter T on a coin was another way of marking a coin as a copy, especially for European made copies. The T stands for "Toy". It is a toy or play coin. The letter R was also frequently used to mean "Replica". Another reason for the use of the T was in England the term "toy" was used for any small metal manufactured item whose value significantly exceeded that of it's metal content.</p><p><br /></p><p>It can't be real because there were actual records that only four half dollars were struck and all four coins can be traced today[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1061135, member: 66"]Back before the 1973 Hobby Protection Act the letter T on a coin was another way of marking a coin as a copy, especially for European made copies. The T stands for "Toy". It is a toy or play coin. The letter R was also frequently used to mean "Replica". Another reason for the use of the T was in England the term "toy" was used for any small metal manufactured item whose value significantly exceeded that of it's metal content. It can't be real because there were actual records that only four half dollars were struck and all four coins can be traced today[/QUOTE]
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