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Cyprus 2008 5 Euro Medal-coin.

BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
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You can see what it looks like here.

Aidan.

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  • newbiecollectornewbiecollector Posts: 2,992
    Aidan, Please check that link. It locked my computer and eventually closed all my browsers.
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  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    Wayne,
    That link is correct,as I had cut & pasted it directly from the page's address bar.

    Aidan.
  • newbiecollectornewbiecollector Posts: 2,992
    Must have just been my computer I guess.
    Becoming informed but still trying to learn every day!
    1-Dammit Boy Oct 14,2003

    International Coins
    "A work in progress"


    Wayne
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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,466 ✭✭✭✭
    NCLT coin, not medal.
    Dimitri



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  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    Dimitri
    You can find the definition of what a medal-coin is here.

    Aidan.
  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    Wayne, it probably locked up your browser because it's a PDF. Worked fine for me.

    Aidan, you're both right, but "medal-coin" is more a laymans term. Most collectors use "NCLT" to distinguish denominated, but non-circulating material from outright medals, which are non-denominated and mainly fall in three categories: art, award or commemorative. NCLT just a product made by mints to generate additional revenue (nb, that's not to say that they're worthless though).

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  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    Eric,
    If you try explaining to an inexperience collector what 'non-circulating legal tender' means,they'd feel confused,as its meaning is very ambiguous.

    The term 'medal-coin' is actually a very old one that was popularised by the late Jerome Remick,who wrote a catalogue of British Commonwealth coins in the late 1960's.He indicated the medal-coin listings with '(MC)' to distinguish them from circulation coins.Even Krause used the term 'medal-coin' until around 1984,when the definition 'non-circulating legal tender' was coined (a pun!),& the former fell out of use.The time to revive the term 'medal-coin' generally is long overdue.

    Aidan.
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