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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2220571, member: 16729&quot;]So the off-metal strikes on these ducats were documented by the Dutch Mint?&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t know, but I suspect that the Korean Mint didn&#039;t really document much.&nbsp; If it WAS an accidentally-struck brass planchet, my only guess is that the planchet came from some leftover(?) planchets from the previous year&#039;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 &quot;important thing&quot; and not just a scrap of paper to be discarded after a certain amount of time.&nbsp;&nbsp; To make sure this isn&#039;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.&nbsp;&nbsp; Koreans aren&#039;t much impressed by &quot;interested hobbyists,&quot; and they pretty much ignore them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What was your experience in accessing the Dutch archives?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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