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Numbered COA or Counterstamped Serial Number?

ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

The US Mint is issuing more coins with Numbered COAs - Certificates of Authenticity.

Other issuers have stamped the serial numbers right on the piece, either on the edge or face.

What do you prefer?

Numbered COA or Counterstamped Serial Number?

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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Numbered COA

    nah, just the COA

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Counterstamped Serial Number on Edge

    I have some silver bars and rounds with numbers like 221 of 1000 on the edge. If there is a limited, numbered mintage, I think the edge would be best since a coa can be lost or switched

  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 23, 2021 9:05AM
    Counterstamped Serial Number on Face

    Sorry ment to vote for edge

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Numbered COA

    I prefer the COA... but second choice would be the number on the edge. Cheers, RickO

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Numbered COA

    COA only
    Jim


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

    Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,246 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How about a 4th option: "who cares?". :p

    The limited mintage is already known and we know that the # on the cert/coin does not (for US coins, anyway) tell the order of mintage.

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In the world of art I’ve seen it numbered visibly on the front or on the back where it can’t easily be seen. With coins, I could see it being on the coin obverse or reverse if the coin is large enough or on the edge. A COA is easily lost or associated with a different coin so why not on the coin itself?

    That said, I prefer no numbering on coin or COA.

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