could this coin have been found in circulation in San Marino? [solved]

Discussion about San Marino • 200 Lire (The Gates of San Marino)

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olafzag
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Posted: 15 Dec 2025, 14:54 #
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Hello, forgive my ignorance but I have a very vague memory of finding this coin (marked in the Numista database as a non-circulating coin, available in sets only) in circulation in San Marino in 1990s. Could this have happened? 

Idolenz Catalogue referee
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Posted: 15 Dec 2025, 15:19 #
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Yes of course it can happen. Anyone can dismantle a set and release it into circulation especially if it has the same dimensions as regular coinage.
 

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olafzag
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Posted: 15 Dec 2025, 15:21 #
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Thank you for the quick reply. I assume, the sets were available in the bank at face value of the coins? 

Slipstreamed
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Posted: 15 Dec 2025, 15:36 #
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Most likely directly from the mint at a premium.

Tovarich
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Posted: 15 Dec 2025, 18:26 #
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I don't think it's too common but I have numerous San Marino coins that are listed as “in sets only” but look like they may have very lightly circulated.  I am sure it happens, just as I occasionally stumble into some recent S mint mark coins in the US or some or these later brass dollars that weren't meant for circulation.

olafzag
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Posted: 15 Dec 2025, 18:46 #
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Thank you for the explanations.

Status changed to Solved (olafzag, 15 Dec 2025, 18:46)
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