New Discovery: 1984 FM Barbados 10 Dollars in Specimen BU. Aka the "Three Dolphins" Reverse

7Jaguars · April 3, 2017 2:14PM

I mentioned this earlier, but kind of got ignored so will confirm: the 1984 FM Belize Ten Dollars coin in specimen uncirculated (S) exists. There likely is no (M) as published in Krause, as none are known from any country after 1977. I have looked for this coin for 30 years or more!

I found this at the Baltimore show, where it was sold as a silver proof even though it is not, and not withstanding me insisting that it was to the seller. So I bought it, took it home and noted that it did not feel the density of silver.
Indeed, the weight was 33.12 gm (versus the 35.52 gm of the sterling proof).