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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Iceman57, post: 8227833, member: 16712&quot;][ATTACH=full]1439127[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(Photo from PCGS website)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a gorgeous and historic gold coin issued by Iceland commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity in Iceland.&nbsp; The obverse depicts a medieval crozier, while the reverse shows the four guardian spirits of the land.&nbsp; Three thousand of these were minted, but because of poor marketing they did not sell that well. 1550 were melted.&nbsp; If you find one today (and good luck with that) you can thank a collector who saved it from the melting pot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I maintain that without an active trade in numismatics, very few coins of any sort would be purposefully conserved, whether modern or ancient.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>I heard some years back that some of these were melted but I can&#039;t find the source any more. I have two of these Iceland 2000 gold coins and can you tell me where you heard about Iceland melting 1550 of these coins. If you can help me would be great.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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