Question Regarding Sp. Designation Food For Thought

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Decaf94drew Valued Member United States 388 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 03:40 am As long as you can PROVE your coin uses THE same die pair of a known specimen coin (1) would your coin found be a specimen because it used the same dies? or does strike and die state make the difference(2)? (1)your coin possibly with or without the 2nd strike (2)if the die state change involved a polishing The original version of this post was a couple paragraphs and way more complicated. I hope what I went with instead makes any sense. Edited by Decaf94drew 09/08/2023 03:42 am Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 06:53 am Does not make sense to me John1 Report this Post to the Staff
oddguy Pillar of the Community United States 4135 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 09:28 am ?. Report this Post to the Staff
RobO411 Pillar of the Community United States 2404 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 10:36 am . Nope. Sorry. I'm glad I haven't run across that other version. I really couldn't handle it. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74015 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 1:07 pm I'm unsure of your question. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
nick10 Pillar of the Community United States 3207 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 1:55 pm I think the critical part is whether your coin meets the defintion of specimen, whatever that might be. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4591 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 2:09 pm Specimen is a minting process, not just a die. Dies were expensive and difficult to make and were often used to strike business strike coins after they were finished striking proof/specimen coins. So to answer your question: No unless there is a known die marker. For example, the circulation quality 1792 Half Dismes struck for Thomas Jefferson in July can be differentiated from the presentations strikes from October by rust on the dies. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
igwt79 Pillar of the Community United States 1464 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 2:44 pm Perusal of the following topic appears to agree with BStrauss3's reply. http://goccf.com/t/448147 Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95644 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 6:32 pm umm, need time to understand the question, and more time to answer it. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 09/08/2023 8:41 pm You has Business strike, Proof strike and Specimen strike. As long it is specimen do not matter if from same Die or other. Specimen referee to a kind of strike. Exist another kind of specimens in the history on the mint at one point before was use just paper design. Those was one coin strike to be presented to the Congress for approval and then was drop in the Museum as historic piece of the Mint. I hope this you want to know. Specimen do not mean a test, it is a kind of strike and it is commercialize in sets. Report this Post to the Staff
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