My First "Mintage = 1" Coin! posted by Augustus

[CSJournals-migration]

I have managed to get hold of a "Mintage 1", or only coin ever minted, coin for my custom set.

 

MINTAGE = 1.

 

 

 

This coin was the pattern strike for the 1979 0.925 New Hebrides Silver Mother and Infant coin. The strike quality and detail of this pattern coin ultimately lead to the acceptance of this coin for minting. The coin created a fair bit of controversy, and only 60 pieces were minted. Each of the 60 coins minted have the "925" stamped on the obverse of the coin. The pattern strike (Mintage = 1) does not contain the "925" stamp. Extremely rare coin, only one ever made.

 

 

 

Do you have any mintage=1 coins? If so, share your pics and description! Check out my custom set to see more pictures of this coin.

 

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[physics-fan3.14]

Damn. Mintage 1? That's impressive. If you don't mind sharing, how much did that cost you?

 

Why was it controversial? Was it because of the boobies?

[Coindude]

I found this very interesting so I looked around to see if I could find information on it. From what I can tell the "925" is on the reverse. See picture below. Regardless if this is the pattern or one of the 60, it's extremely rare. BTW found one on ebay that was listed as X#1 as well. It has the 925 on the reverse.

 

[Augustus 70]

Hi CoinDude,

 

Here are more pictures of the pattern coin without the 925 stamp for you. Thank you for your research. It is a very interesting coin!

 

Here is some back story from a collector of British colonial pieces:

 

- The coin was controversial because public breast feeding was not acceptable during that time period. Although the practice was quite normal in New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), it was not common place in Britain at the time. The coins were minted in Britain (as far as I know), and they found this representation of New Hebrides to be primitive and inaccurate of the 'island paradise'.

 

 

[Augustus 70]

Hi pf,

 

The costs were in line with other mintage=1 items ;P

 

 

[Coindude]

Your picture links didn't seem to work so here ya go! Thanks for the info BTW, pretty darn awesome coin I have to admit.

 

 

[RWB]

What was "controversial?" Oh, I see from your post above. Sounds like a rather perverted controversy....those body parts evolved for that purpose.