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Recognize this 1/10th oz gold piece?

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Looks early-1990s to me. Dealer had a few of them and I was tempted. But my usually strong google-fu has failed me.
Look familiar to anyone?

We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never seen it before;
    does not give me pleasure to gaze upon.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,138 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 21, 2020 6:25PM

    private mint

    Repetition of ignorance is ignorance raised to the power two.

  • ShadyDaveShadyDave Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not familiar, did you check the edge to see if there was anything there?

    The reverse on this generic kinda looks like a knockoff of norfed gold rounds.

  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,608 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    newly released gold medal, US Mint?

    No. If it was it would say United States of America and a few other things

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Kind of reminds me of the Statue of Liberty.... sort of... “Strong” face, nose... torch...

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ShadyDave said:
    Not familiar, did you check the edge to see if there was anything there?

    The reverse on this generic kinda looks like a knockoff of norfed gold rounds.

    Edge is smooth. I didn't give it a really thorough look, but I don't believe there was an edge mark.

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ive had these in scrap lots before, was not a popular design, mostly I would guess due to lack of a manufacturers name.

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The ARTISTRY !!!

    ........................................swooon

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    dcarr? ;)

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never saw that one before....but would stick with U.S. Mint gold anyway.... Cheers, RickO

  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder if that G is a clue to the maker.

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DrBuster said:
    I wonder if that G is a clue to the maker.

    I think the G is the only distinguishing characteristic. Everything else--the torch, the motto, liberty, etc--are all super common features.

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,567 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nothing here that stirs the memory of it

  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 8,639 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss said:
    dcarr? ;)

    No.

    Moonlight Mint
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