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and minted by the Royal Dutch Mint. Does anyone have any details on this coin, or price info? TIA Alan   |
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 , zemmo! Exchange rate, 5000 SOS in 2001 = $1 USD. Silver malcontent: 500g = 16 oz = $486.45 for the next five minutes. |
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Some sources credit this coin as having almost .25 ounce of gold, as well as the silver; I'm just trying to get something definitive on the composition, and on any numismatic value. Thanks.
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Unfortunately, this is not a legal tender coin from Somalia, and I highly doubt it was made by the Royal Dutch Mint; it doesn't have the privy marks coins from that mint usually have. Given the Chinese script, I would assume it was made in China.
Frankly, I think you'd be lucky if there was any silver or gold in there at all.
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
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Do you have any advice on how to get a definitive answer on metallic content? If I sent it to NGC to get graded would they also determine its origin? Thanks, Alan.
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It has a COA. Does this make any difference? TIA, Alan.   |
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It has a COA. Does this make any difference? TIA, Alan. If it's true, there's roughly 16 oz silver and 0.25 oz gold, troy for both. |
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No mention of it in Krause or the Unusual Coins book. It should be the "Central Bank of Somalia" not the "Bank of Somalia", if it is indeed referring to the government's central bank. However, a little poking around indicates that the central bank may have even been out of operation in 2001 (it only recently reopened) due to internal strife in the country. If that is the case, I doubt the government would have had the resources or the inclination to track down people using it's name illegitimately.
Since any value it has would be determined by the metal, I'd say the first step would be to weigh it. After that, one of those kits that test for metal content would probably be your best bet.
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