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<p>[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 2220571, member: 16729"]So the off-metal strikes on these ducats were documented by the Dutch Mint? I don't know, but I suspect that the Korean Mint didn't really document much. If it WAS an accidentally-struck brass planchet, my only guess is that the planchet came from some leftover(?) planchets from the previous year's (1965) test strikes (see <a href="http://www.dokdo-research.com/koreanpatterncoins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dokdo-research.com/koreanpatterncoins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dokdo-research.com/koreanpatterncoins.html</a>), where they experimented with differing Cu/Zn ratios.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like countries where they consider the printed word an "important thing" and not just a scrap of paper to be discarded after a certain amount of time. To make sure this isn't the case, I have to try to see if there actually is anything to research by going to Korea (armed with a fake impressive title and letter from the ANA -a little tip from Don Pfeiffer, a Korean medal expert) to see if I can open some doors and figure this out. Koreans aren't much impressed by "interested hobbyists," and they pretty much ignore them. </p><p><br /></p><p>What was your experience in accessing the Dutch archives?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 2220571, member: 16729"]So the off-metal strikes on these ducats were documented by the Dutch Mint? I don't know, but I suspect that the Korean Mint didn't really document much. If it WAS an accidentally-struck brass planchet, my only guess is that the planchet came from some leftover(?) planchets from the previous year's (1965) test strikes (see [url]http://www.dokdo-research.com/koreanpatterncoins.html[/url]), where they experimented with differing Cu/Zn ratios. I really like countries where they consider the printed word an "important thing" and not just a scrap of paper to be discarded after a certain amount of time. To make sure this isn't the case, I have to try to see if there actually is anything to research by going to Korea (armed with a fake impressive title and letter from the ANA -a little tip from Don Pfeiffer, a Korean medal expert) to see if I can open some doors and figure this out. Koreans aren't much impressed by "interested hobbyists," and they pretty much ignore them. What was your experience in accessing the Dutch archives?[/QUOTE]
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