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New Member
Taiwan
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Hello,
This is Vincent from Taiwan. English is not my native language so that I come here to ask for help.
In 1975, a new type of aluminum alloy coin was design for circulation. About 200 million pieces of this new aluminum coins were produced then. Finally, the authority decided not to issue this aluminum coin to the public.
Those aluminum coins were melted by the mint. Staffs of the mint kept some of these aluminum coins at that moment. And my friend bought one of them recently.
Is there any specific word/sentence in English to describe this coin?
Thanks
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Moderator
 United States
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 You will receive responses shortly rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Moderator
United States
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Prototype or Pattern
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not intended for circulation prototype.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I'm curious to know what this coin is
A mintage of 200 million is quite substantial and not to be issued.
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Moderator
Australia
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I would call them "unissued coins" or "withdrawn coins".
The United States has three similar unissued coins: the aluminium penny of 1974, the silver dollar of 1964, and the gold double-eagle of 1933.
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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United States
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Vincent. I am sure we all would like to see that coin,can you post a full coin photo front and back? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Israel had a
1949 .500 fine silver 250 Prutah (44,125 minted) KM#15a, and a
1949 .500 fine silver 500 Prutah (33812 minted) KM#16
not issued into circulation.
I have an example of each.
KM does not list them as pattern coins.
I take KM's report as to their pattern status with a grain of salt.
Further opinions needed.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hoping to see full, large and sharp images.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Your English is pretty darn good! to the CCF! |
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United States
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to the Community! |
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New Member
 Taiwan
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Hi all, Thank you for your quick replies. Enclosed is the photo of this aluminum coin. I also put the issued nickel-silver coin for comparision. The story is: Due to 1970s energy crisis, alloy prices were increasing sharply. The authority decided to produce aluminum coin replacing nickel-silver coin for cost saving. These 200M pieces of aluminum coins were ready in the early 1975 and were planned to be issued on 1st July 1975. In May, the central bank said the nickel-silver alloy prices were back to normal. No need to issue aluminum coins anymore. ------------------- We did not know the story written above before. All collectors in Taiwan guess it is just a pattern for date 1975 only. No one knows it were produced 200M pieces ever. Recently I found some official documents from our national archive administration. Crystal clear information written in these documents. Very exciting to find them.   Edited by vmore
10/29/2022 07:41 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's amazing, especially hearing you were the key piece to the informational discovery. Congrats!!  Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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United States
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Thank you for the images and updated information.  |
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