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The short answer is no. Keep in mind though that there are always people willing to pay a premium to be the first in line to get a new item, whatever it may be, so prices realized on online auctions in the first week or two that an item is available may be at a significant premium to true market value.

I think America is kind of an exception in that the American coin trade is strong enough that it can support a large number of antique dealers who specialize only in US coins, whereas in most other parts of the world, coins often go hand-in-hand with banknotes, and sometimes one or two other fields.

Neat find!

A neat example of an off-centre cut note! But as Dave notes, in most fields of ephemera (paper collectibles such as paper money, baseball cards, and stamps), if the entire design is still within the paper, it is generally considered ironically not to be an error, but rather rather a faulty piece.

Very interesting! (And always great to see Rhodesian silver!)

Happy birthday!

Excellent Zambian notes indeed!

Excellent portrait

If not specifically listed, try contacting them. Many dealers will also indicate the mintages of non-bullion NCLT coins.

Welcome!

I don't really see how grading would affect the market value or marketability - GG medals, like many fields of exonumia, have a relatively small market.

Excellent point. Another variation would be that those awarding the medal would usually engrave them prior to award, but whoever awarded this one didn't.

I don't doubt it's gold since there's no reason why one would gild a silver or bronze one - these are IMO quite personal awards that generally would be left alone in their boxes, only to be looked at on occasion, and are generally sold only after the original owner has passed, since their sentimental value is far greater than their monetary value. The main use of these today is in academia - gold for the top graduating graduate student (MA/PhD, etc.) at a univ, silver for top undergrad at a college/univ, and bronze for top graduate at a secondary school or trades school.

Very nice piece. My recollection is that yes, they usually are named, and I would expect especially so for a gold one.

Thank you for posting that! It definitely explains why I see so many late dated silver 10c amongst souvenirs brought back by Canadian servicemen.

Definitely an interesting research topic, given how there was no shortage of mill tax tokens, and the USPS had a 1/2c stamp until 1968.

I think most ended up getting hoarded by collectors and dealers, and that the mintage for 2011 might have been huge - the only time I received a 2012 cent in change was in mid-December. Throughout the year I'd received tons of BU 2011's. One local dealer was buying rolls of 2012 1c for $5-6 and selling for $8-10.

At least it's a current 10p and not one of the old 5p!

While it doesn't hurt to check for gold, the rather crude style suggests that it's a relatively mass market piece, probably made of a lightweight white metal alloy - not even brass or copper.

Looks like a costume jewelry piece, perhaps mid-century, with simulated Roman and Spanish-American coins as the design.

If the inner circle was rotated, then the lower left of the number "2" wouldn't line up properly.

Congrats! How long did this take?

A great example of how beauty doesn't have to be mint state

Very nice. I'm not familiar with the market for European errors and cannot comment, though errors seem less sought after in Europe than they are in the Americas.