I found an entry on wikipedia which concurs with your description, and
made me doubt that he had any sort of official mint issue. The first
"sounds too good to be true" flag went up when he said that according to
the COA there were only 80 produced. I believe he has been taken to the
cleaners on this purchase. Not the first time I've had to explain to
someone that a COA can be faked too.
Thanks!
"Alan Marshall" <pleasezaph0ddNo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> There was nothing produced by the royal mint in gold for the QM 80th,
> its quite possible he has some private trash made by pobjoy or
> something, and more than likely only called a "Touch Piece" as it
> "sounds nice". I VERY much doubt anything like this is either genuine
> or worth anything beyond its bullion.
> Not sure if your aware, but to be called a "touch piece" it has to be
> handled and blessed by the monach to protect you from various
> diseases, the last official touch pieces were around the time of
> Charles the 1st + 2nd and came into disuse shortly after (William the
> III abandoned the practice altogether)
>
> I could be wrong, but ild guess that your coin club member is either
> totally misinformed, or loves makeing up stories.
>
> Alan Marshall
>
> "Mark Cooper" <vikubz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>A member of our coin club said he has a gold commemorative which was
>>made
>> to mark the Queen Mother's 80th birthday. He said it was billed as a
>> gold 'touch piece' and was one of 80 made apparently.
>> Does this ring a bell or has he been misinformed?
>>
>> Thanks!
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