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I understand this might be a uniquely American term. Is a Plate coin a coin that has been used to illustrate the "type" in a book or catalog?
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You have it precisely correct. It's considered quite the value-added feature, having had the author consider it worthy of being the "prototypical" example.
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Sweden
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I thought it would be the lagre, stamped copper plates from the 17th and 18th centuries.
But that's me, being Swedish and all...
Guess I learned the other meaning of plate coin today :D
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Guess I learned the other meaning of plate coin today :D  Its all down to context.....thinking about it your way I would have thought the same thing. |
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Korea, Republic Of
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A plate coin is also the highest graded coin for a certain series, variety, etc.
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United States
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A plate coin is also the highest graded coin for a certain series, variety, etc. For most plate coins, this is not the case. |
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Korea, Republic Of
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For most plate coins, this is not the case. I've seen some people use the term that way, so maybe not the well-used definition of the term. "Prototypical" does sound like a good word that sums it up. |
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Is a Plate coin a coin that has been used to illustrate the "type" in a book or catalog? That's how the term is used in Britain also. Here's one of mine. In this case the 'plate' is from 1918. My coin is illustrative of type IIb,2, rose.  |
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A plate coin is also the highest graded coin for a certain series, variety, etc. I've never seen that use of the term. |
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United Kingdom
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I've always taken 'plate coins' to be representative examples of a type.
Obviously people will normally choose the best coin they have to show the design as clearly as possible. But for the first examples recognised, or for very rare coins, there will not be much choice and better examples may well come to light as a result of the publicity.
So not necessarily the highest graded. But usually one of the better examples available at the time.
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Thanks all. I was checking the term as I have a plate coin. Tom Goodheart probably describes my example accurately at the time of publishing it was one of the best examples available at the time. Since then better coins have turned up
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A plate coin can be traced back to an old catalog that has photographic "Plates" much higher quality than an offset printing press can do, basically it allows you to use a loupe or magnifying lens on the photo to see details that would be missed. The Chapman Brothers really kicked off the practice for better coins in their early auctions. A "plate coin" is the exact coin that can be traced back to the particular auction where it was photographed and placed on a plate (photo) of coins. One of the most famous plates is the Crosby/Levick Plate of 1793 Large Cents, and one of the very first also published in 1869. http://ansmagazine.com/Summer08/LevickBy Jim Neiswinter - author of "The Aristocrat" book of the Sheldon 15 Large Cent. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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