Specimen Coins With The "linen" Background

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JSabatke Valued Member United States 114 Posts	Posted 06/29/2014 5:37 pm I've been trying to add the "specimen" pennies to my Canadian penny collection. I'm a bit confused by ebay advertising of "specimen" coins and sets. I've bought "specimen" sets that appear to be just "uncirculated" and not the linen background specimens I was expecting to get. The mint packaging clearly says "uncirculated specimens", so it's not false advertising. I think maybe there's a difference in the use of the word "specimen" in uncirculated and specimen sets. Can anyone help me understand this? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 06/29/2014 6:48 pm perhaps the phrase uncirculated specimens could mean uncirculated examples and not specimen strikes at all. Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 06/30/2014 08:11 am All specimen strikes before 1997, will be brilliant devices on brilliant fields... the "lined fields" were introduced in 1997. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9866 Posts	Posted 06/30/2014 10:47 am Make that 1996, the year before the inclusion of the toonie. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 06/30/2014 11:43 am Report this Post to the Staff
JSabatke Valued Member United States 114 Posts	Posted 06/30/2014 3:15 pm Thanks for the information. I couldn't differentiate from ebay ads because they all tend to be designated "specimen", and I suppose that they are all "uncirculated" also. I've even seen a lot of proofs designated "uncirculated." You've been a big help. Report this Post to the Staff
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Specimen Coins With The "Linen" Background