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Sri Lanka coin-pattern

GreigGreig Posts: 89 ✭✭
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(I posted this message on the Buy-Sell Forum in error, so am posting it here to correct the mistake.)

About 20 years ago, a local coin dealer in my old home town in northern Illinois gave me (literally - he didn't charge me anything) a coin from Sri Lanka. It's an 1978 pattern 1 cent that appears to have the same design as the business issue (KM 137), except for being larger (a bit more than a US 25c coin). It is listed in my 1999 Krause as Pn-1, with no value. But, in the 2004 Krause, it isn't listed at all, with Pn 1 being assigned to an entirely different coin.

I sent it off to PCGS for grading in September and just got it back, ungraded (with a refund for the grading fee).

So, I am at a loss to know whether what I have is real or fake.

I know this is a shot in the dark, but does anyone on the forum know anything about this coin?

I am still very new at this, so am not sure how to post photos of the coin. I have some that are apparently too large to put into this message (50K being the maximum).

Thanks!

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Like the one in this link?

    SRI LANKA One Cent
    My Medals collection

    FOR SALE Items
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    image
    Becky
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Go to Photobucket and open an account, it's free. Then just upload your pics, they will resize them for you, hover over the pic, a dropdown menu shows up, copy the last one on the list and paste it here. After doing it a few times it gets really easy.
    Becky
  • GreigGreig Posts: 89 ✭✭
    The coin on that page is the same design as mine, except (I believe) for the size. I tried to follow the directions for posting a photo, so here it is (I hope!):

    image

    Thanks for providing the link. It may be mine is the proof listed in Krause, but again I don't understand why there is the apparent size difference.
  • DCHDCH Posts: 332
    Info


    Currently listed in Unusual World Coins as X#5, $15 in UNC.
  • GreigGreig Posts: 89 ✭✭
    In my "lurker" days, I was always astonished at how knowledgeable Forum members were. The previous post (thank you!) demonstrates once again the extremely high level of knowledge you all have.

    I very much appreciate the mystery being solved, even if I now have a fantasy piece. No wonder PCGS wouldn't grade it!
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