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2 hours ago, SILVERFINGER said:

Cheeky sod 

I see so they are to commerate certain events, thats not so bad then, I can understand that, a FN 1906 pistol made in 1914 like mine cost me about £250, a FN 1906 made same year but marked with un million inlayed with gold, which was given at some big event to all the weapons designers and bigwigs would probably sell for ££,££££.

I try my best

Sometimes the events are important, oftentimes it's a marketing gimmick. The mints do whore themselves to some of the big companies by doing deals of exclusive privy runs on certain coins and there are hundreds of the 'uninteresting' ones out there.

The 2017 Kook panda privy - I like it because it's an ever-popular Kook and for the mintage and quality rather than the Chinese Expo being something I, or many others I should think, particularly want to remember!

The 2018 Kook dog privy is quite remarkable because they removed a key part of the whole design of the coin. A privy is usually an addition without taking something iconic from the design away!