Richard; I have no doubt that your sports medallions are stamped .999 fine silver.... but that does not make them coins; nor are they silver strikes.

Can you take them to your local bank to cash in? If not; they are not "coins".

You are free to call anything whatever you wish. You can refer to copper as gold if you insist. That does not make it accurate. I challenge you to show me in any major numismatic publication where .999 fine silver rounds, silver ingots, bars, silver medallions, silver medals, etc. that are struck by any private mint are referred to as "silver strikes" or as "coins". In fact, I've just looked in the past several issues of "Coin World", "Numismatic News" and "The Numismatist" specifically looking for both large display ads by this country's major coin hobby advertisers, and in the classifieds, and found absolutely NO reference made to "silver strikes". I found lots of ads for .999 silver rounds, .999 fine art bars, .999 fine silver rectangles, .999 fine silver bullion, etc... but NO silver strikes. In fact, I doubt if these publications would accept such misleading advertising as .999 fine silver coins for your Sports "Coins".

I've been in the coin hobby for many, many years and have turned in tens of thousands of dollars in sterling (.925) silver and .999 fine silver, silverware, silver jewelry, silver coins, silver rounds from the Franklin Mint and other private mints, etc. at melt value, for a few years during the late '70's and early '80's when silver approached $50 per ounce. (It is currently trading around $5 per ounce). I've judged hundreds of competitive exhibits as an accredited ANA judge for local, regional, and national coin shows. I've never heard the term "silver strike" until the slot machines in Nevada and Atlantic City began offering them as prize tokens.

I repeat my earlier post.... only the U.S. government can manufacture "U.S. coins". What you have are .999 fine silver medallions, or what is commonly referred to as .999 fine silver rounds in the coin hobby. They are not struck by the U.S. Mint, but by a private mint. Therefore they are NOT "coins"

Bottom Line: Call them whatever makes you and your 30,000 friends happy Richard ..., but if the bank won't accept them ... they simply are not "coins".