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countryboy Valued Member Canada 112 Posts	Posted 03/19/2012 1:16 pm my question is why does the ceritifacate say AMS 1996 in lower left corner and the penny is 1968 ., and what would the value of this coin be . Report this Post to the Staff

Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2891 Posts	Posted 03/19/2012 2:42 pm I suspect the 1996 is the year the certificate was printed. I'm not sure what the market is like in Canada - but here, where they were spent in everyday change, an UNC one is going to be no more than a couple of pounds. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 03/19/2012 2:47 pm i know a lot of those marks are on the plastic, but the big grey dot to the left of the "1" looks like its on the coin. IF so i'de say it's worth about a penny Report this Post to the Staff
countryboy Valued Member Canada 112 Posts	Posted 03/19/2012 4:22 pm Hi wade the dot your talking about is on the plastic inside not sure how it got their Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16867 Posts	Posted 03/19/2012 7:23 pm "AMS" stands for Asset Marketing Services, a shadowy coin mass-marketing company. I say "shadowy" in the sense that they don't actually trade under their own name anymore. You may have heard of "GovMint.com"? Or maybe "First Federal" or the "New York Mint"? They're all names AMS trades under these days. They aren't a mint nor affiliated with any mint nor any government in any way. So the penny was acquired by AMS from a second-hand source and placed in the AMS wrapper, many years after it was struck, and no doubt on-sold for far more than what it was actually worth. I should also point out that in 1996, the "large copper penny" enclosed here was not actually legal tender in Ireland anymore. These coins ceased being legal tender in 1971. As for value, the NGC priceguide (taken from the Krause world coin catalogue) lists it at $1.50 in Unc. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
countryboy Valued Member Canada 112 Posts	Posted 03/20/2012 11:54 am Thank you all very much you have been very helpful . Report this Post to the Staff
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