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Good Evening all,   I'm new to this forum and very new to coins - I inherited my grandfathers coin collection some 8 years ago and haven't done anything with them, I'm now getting married in 2029 and figured I can sell them and put them to the wedding funds.    He has over 2200 coins varying from Mint grade to poor and some dated back to the 1800's which I've manged to scan and list on a spreadsheet that I'm currently going through and pricing up (tedious work but it will be easier in the long run). I'm using Google AI, eBay and a few other sites to try and gauge prices for when I do decide to sell them (not sure how yet - individually / split down into mini collections or the whole set etc)   The issue I am having is I can't seem to find the following bigger set anywhere on the internet - I can find small 5 coin sets (1 with each mascot) but not the full 38 coin set covering every sport from the 2008 Olympics with the mascots. AI says its part of a bigger set but then doesn't give me anything else (I know not to trust AI etc but its been helpful in identifying some coins as well as other coin apps and books etc)  There are 38 coins in total covering every sport at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. All coins feature the same number 38 so either this is a serial number (batch number) or it represents the total number of coins in the set. All coins have the Ag.999 1oz silver stamp and weigh the exact same. Across the 38 coins there are 5 different 'Fuwa' mascots carrying out the sports.  Has anyone come across this set before or can you point me in the right direction.  Happy to provide more pictures or answer any questions  

A WRL copy. Highlighted the stamp and circled it. Reported it and was told the listing is fine a customer service person has approved it. Maybe a few more reports will assist in getting it pulled. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/880004309094 Stu

Left on the shelf?

.heic pics don't work here, here are jpg versions. The first thing to do would be to get a very accurate weight and compare that to normal ones, which should all be 8.75g.  It certainly looks very coppery for brass. It could well be an error and the wrong alloy has been used or there has been a mishap with its treatment along the journey of it becoming a coin. If the weight and size are about the same as normal, another fairly cheap and easy thing to do is use a coin slide (with powerful magnets under a felt strip) to see if it slides down at the same speed as a normal one. And the ultimate way of checking it out is to use an XRF machine to tell you the exact composition of the metal ring.  Edit: Another easy test is to put a magnet against it, just i case the coppery part is copper plated steel, as used for 1p and 2p.